tekėti

See also: têketî

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *tek-,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *tekʷ-.[1] Cognates include Latvian tecēt,[1] Serbo-Croatian тећи/teći (to flow),[1] Sanskrit तक्ति (tákti, to rush)[1] and Old Irish techid (to flee).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tʲɛˈkʲêːtʲɪ]

Verb

tekė́ti (third-person present tense tẽka, third-person past tense tekė́jo) [2]

(intransitive)

  1. to flow
    upė teka - a river flows
    upelis teka[2] - a brook flows
  2. (about celestial body): to rise
    saulė teka[2] - the Sun rises
    žvaigždės teka - stars rise
  3. to marry (of a woman)
    marti teka - the bride marries

Conjugation

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Derived terms

See also

  • ((of a man) to marry): vesti

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 489
  2. “tekėti” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
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