privalėti

privalėti

Lithuanian

Alternative forms

• privalýti

Etymology

Related to valia.[1]

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Verb

privalė́ti (third-person present tense privãlo, third-person past tense privalė́jo)

1. must, ought, have to
2. need, require

Conjugation

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References

1. “privalýti” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–); p. 944 in ALEW 1.1 (online, 2019).

Further reading

• “privalėti”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2021
• “privalėti”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2021