žadinti

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Lithuanian

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Etymology

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žàsti (to say) +‎ -inti (causative suffix), literally to make say > "to incite" > "to wake up".[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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žãdinti (third-person present tense žãdina, third-person past tense žãdino)

  1. to wake up
  2. to excite
  3. to address or call someone by name
  4. to promise, vow

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “žãdinti”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 770