leisti

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *lēiˀstei, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁id-, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁d-. Cognate with Latvian laist (“let, allow”).

Verb

léisti (third-person present tense léidžia, third-person past tense léido)

  1. let, allow, permit, authorize
    Leidžia savo sūnui turėti mobilųjį telefoną. ― He lets his son have a cellphone.

Conjugation

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Derived terms
Derived terms
  • antleisti
  • apleisti
  • atleisti
  • įleisti
  • išleisti
  • nuleisti
  • paleisti
  • praleisti
  • prileisti
  • suleisti
  • užleisti
  • nusileisti (“descend”)

Further reading
  • “leisti”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2023
  • “leisti”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2023

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