Lithuanian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *sēˀg-,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *se(n)g-.[1] Cognate with Slovene sẹ́či (to reach for),[1][2] Sanskrit सजति (sájati, to cling to)[1][2] and Latin noun seges (cornfield).[2]

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Verb edit

sègti (third-person present tense sẽga, third-person past tense sẽgė) [3]

  1. (transitive) to fasten, to pin
  2. (transitive, Samogitian) to shoe (horses)
    Synonym: kaustyti
    arklį segti[3] - to shoe a horse

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References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 449. →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 552. →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 “segti” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
  • “segti” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN

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