linkėti

Lithuanian

Etymology

Related to linkti (to tend), lenkti (to bend), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *lenk- (to bend). Compare Latvian lincêt (to honor, want) (Curounism), Old Prussian lānkinan deinan (holiday).

For semantic development, compare Russian кла́няться (klánjatʹsja, to bow, send regards, beg), Polish kłaniać się.[1]

Verb

linkė́ti (third-person present tense liñki, third-person past tense linkė́jo)

  1. to wish [+dative = the recipient, +genitive = the object][2]
    linkiu jums sėkmėsI wish you success

Conjugation

References

  1. Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965), “linkė́ti”, in Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume I, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 374
  2. „Linkėti ką“ ar „linkėti ko“?”, in Konsultacijų bankas [Consultation bank], Valstybinė lietuvių kalbos komisija [Commission on the Lithuanian language], 2003–2023

Further reading

  • linkėti”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2023
  • linkėti”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2023
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