siūlyti

Lithuanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Belarusian сулiць (sulicʹ, “to promise”), compare Russian сули́ть (sulítʹ) and Latvian solīt.

Verb

siū́lyti (third-person present tense siū́lo, third-person past tense siū́lė)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to offer
    siūlyti pagalbą ― to offer assistance
    siūlyti sumokėti ― to offer to pay
  2. (transitive, intransitive) to propose, suggest
    siūlyti idėją ― to propose an idea
    siūlyti eiti į teatrą ― to suggest to go to the theater

Conjugation

Further reading

  • “siūlyti”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2021
  • “siūlyti” in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database]
  • Fraenkel, Ernst (1962-1965), “siū́lyti”, in Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume I-II, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 788
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