reikėti

Lithuanian

Etymology

Of unclear origin.[1] Has been linked to Latin licet (“to be allowed”).[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /rɛɪ̯ˈkeːtʲɪ/

Verb

reikė́ti (third-person present tense reĩkia, third-person past tense reikė́jo)

  1. (transitive, with genitive) to need
    Mán reĩkia užmìgti
    I need to go to sleep.

Conjugation

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

References
  1. Wojciech Smoczyński (2018) “reikė́ti”, in Lithuanian Etymological Dictionary, Berlin, Germany: Peter Lang, →DOI, →ISBN, page 507
  2. “reikėti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.