turbūt

Lithuanian

Etymology

Univerbation of tùri (“it has”) +‎ bū́ti (“to be”). Compare galbū́t (“maybe”), žūtbū́t (“regardless of, necessarily”).[1]

Pronunciation

Adverb

turbū́t

  1. very probably
    Synonym: tikriausiai

References

  1. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “turbū́t”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego‎[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 695
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