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lėkti

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Lithuanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *lekt-, from Proto-Indo-European *lek- (to jump, scuttle). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *letě̀ti (to fly).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlʲeːktʲɪ/
  • Hyphenation: lėk‧ti

Verb

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lė̃kti (third-person present tense lẽkia, third-person past tense lė̃kė) (intransitive)

  1. to fly[2]
    Synonym: skri̇̀sti
  2. to run, rush[2]
    Synonyms: bė́gti, dùmti
  3. to fall down[2]
    Synonym: kri̇̀sti

Conjugation

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Participles of lėkti
adjectival
active passive
present lẽkiąs
lẽkiantis
lẽkiomas
past lė̃kęs lė̃ktas
past frequentative lė̃kdavęs
future lė̃ksiąs
lė̃ksiantis
lė̃ksimas
participle of necessity lė̃ktinas
adverbial
special (pusdalyvis) lė̃kdamas
half-participle
(padalyviai)
present lẽkiant
past lė̃kus
past frequentative lė̃kdavus
future lė̃ksiant
manner of action (būdinys) lė̃kte
lėktinai

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015), “lėkti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 278
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Bronius Piesarskas & Bronius Svecevičius (2009), “lėkti”, in Lietuvių-anglų kalbų žodynas [Lithuanian-English Dictionary], Vilnius: Žodynas, page 361