lemti
Lithuanian
Etymology
Cognate with Latvian lem̃t (“to decide, determine, predestine”), Old Prussian limtwei (“to break”).[1] Further related to Proto-Slavic *lomìti (“to break”), which retains the original meaning of the root. Semantic development could be mediated by an intermediate stage meaning "to separate, divide"; compare Latin dēcīdō, German entscheiden.[2][3]
Verb
lémti (third-person present tense lẽmia, third-person past tense lė́mė)
- to decide, determine
- to predestine
Conjugation
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Derived terms
Derived terms
- lėmė́jas (“arbiter”)
- lėmìmas
References
- Derksen, Rick (2015), “lemti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 278
- “lémti” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–); p. 656 in ALEW 1.1 (online, 2019).
- “lemti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
Further reading
- “lemti”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2023
- “lemti”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2023