pareiga

Lithuanian

Etymology

Related to pareiti (“to return, to fit, to depend on”). Compare eiti (“to go”) : eiga (“motion”).[1][2]

Noun

pareigà f (plural pãreigos) stress pattern 3b

  1. duty, obligation
  2. (in the plural) duties

Declension

Declension of pareigà
singular
(vienaskaita) 		plural
(daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) pareigà pãreigos
genitive (kilmininkas) pareigõs pareigų̃
dative (naudininkas) pãreigai pareigóms
accusative (galininkas) pãreigą pãreigas
instrumental (įnagininkas) pãreiga pareigomi̇̀s
locative (vietininkas) pareigojè pareigosè
vocative (šauksmininkas) pãreiga pãreigos

Derived terms

  • pareigingas
  • pareigininkas
  • pareiginis
  • pareigybė
  • pareigoti
  • pareigus
  • pareigūnas

References

  1. ^ “-eiga” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–); p. 293 in ALEW 1.1 (online, 2019).
  2. ^ “pareiga”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012

Further reading

  • “pareiga”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025
  • “pareiga”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2025
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