laukti
Lithuanian
Etymology
Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“to shine”), and compared with Ancient Greek λεύσσω (leússō, “to see, consider”), Proto-Slavic *lučìti (“to happen”). However, the acute tone in the Lithuanian is unexpected and difficult to explain.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈlaʊkʲtʲɪ]
Verb
láukti (third-person present tense láukia, third-person past tense láukė)
- to wait; to expect, to anticipate [with genitive]
- to hope [with genitive]
Conjugation
| singular vienaskaita | plural daugiskaita | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| aš | tu | jis/ji | mes | jūs | jie/jos | |||
| indicative | present | láukiu | láuki | láukia | láukiame, láukiam |
láukiate, láukiat |
láukia | |
| past | láukiau | láukei | láukė | láukėme, láukėm |
láukėte, láukėt |
láukė | ||
| past frequentative | láukdavau | láukdavai | láukdavo | láukdavome, láukdavom |
láukdavote, láukdavot |
láukdavo | ||
| future | láuksiu | láuksi | láuks | láuksime, láuksim |
láuksite, láuksit |
láuks | ||
| subjunctive | láukčiau | láuktum | láuktų | láuktumėme, láuktumėm, láuktume |
láuktumėte, láuktumėt |
láuktų | ||
| imperative | — | láuk, láuki |
teláukia | láukime, láukim |
láukite, láukit |
teláukia | ||
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Derived terms
prefixed forms of laukti
- laukėjas m, laukėja f
- palaukėjas m, palaukėja f
- laukimas
- išlaukimas
- palaukimas
- sulaukimas
- lauktis
Participle
laukti m pl
- nominative/vocative masculine plural of lauktas
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “laukti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 275