Lithuanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Baltic *sek-, *sak-, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sákīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (to say).

Cognate to Latvian sacīt, Russian сочить (sočitʹ, to emit (a liquid)), German sagen (to say), English say and Latin inquam (to say). Compare sekti (to follow) from e-grade *sekʷ- (to follow).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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sakýti (third-person present tense sãko, third-person past tense sãkė)

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to say
  2. to tell

Conjugation

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