Wiktionary

leisti

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)

  1. let, allow, permit, authorize
    Leidžia savo sūnui turėti mobilųjį telefoną. ― He lets his son have a cellphone.

Conjugation edit

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Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ 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

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