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See also: Leisti
Lithuanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Balto-Slavic *leiˀstei, ultimately possibly from Proto-Indo-European *léyd-ti ~ lid-énti, an athematic root present from the root *leyd- (“to let, allow”).[1] Cognate with Latvian laist (“let, allow”).
Verb
[edit]léisti (third-person present tense léidžia, third-person past tense léido)
- let, allow, permit, authorize
- Leidžia savo sūnui turėti mobilųjį telefoną. ― He lets his son have a cellphone.
Conjugation
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Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “leisti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 277
Further reading
[edit]- “leisti”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
- “leisti”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024