kalėti

Lithuanian

Etymology

According to Bańkowski, a dissimilation of an unattested *kalt-ėti, a denominal verb from kal̃tas (“guilty”).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

kalė́ti (third-person present tense kãli, third-person past tense kalė́jo)

  1. to sit in prison, to be imprisoned
  2. to atone for one's guilt in prison

Declension

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Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “kalė́ti”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego‎[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, pages 248-9
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