galėti

Lithuanian

Etymology

galia +‎ -ėti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *galḗˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *gelH- (“able, powerful”), related to Proto-Slavic *golěmъ (“big”), as well as Proto-Celtic *galnati (“to be able”) (whence Welsh gallu (“to be able”)) and *galā (“ability”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡɐˈlʲêːtʲɪ]

Verb

galė́ti (third-person present tense gãli, third-person past tense galė́jo)

  1. to be able to; can, may
  2. to be allowed
    Ar̃ àš galiù ką nórs válgyti?
    Can I eat something?

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • galėjimas

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2015) Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 162
  2. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 149-50
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