bėgti

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *beˀg-; cognate with Latvian bêgt, Proto-Slavic *bě̋gati (to flee, run). From Proto-Indo-European *bʰegʷ- (run, flee), with long vowel due to Winter's Law. Cognate with Ancient Greek φέβομαι (phébomai, flee, take flight). Possibly also Tocharian A pukäl, Tocharian B pikul (year).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbʲeːk.tʲɪ/

Verb

bė́gti (third-person present tense bė́ga, third-person past tense bė́go)

  1. to run
    bėgsi greitai ar lėtai?
    will you run quickly or slowly?
  2. to hurry
  3. to run away, escape
  4. to pass, elapse
  5. to flow, run

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • apibėgti - to run around
  • atbėgti - to come running
  • įbėgti - to run, rush, flow or storm into
  • išbėgti - to run away
  • nubėgti - to run or flow down
  • pabėgti - to run away, to make off, to break away
  • perbėgti
  • prabėgti - to run past, to slip away
  • pribėgti
  • subėgti
  • užbėgti
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