dovanoti

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Lithuanian

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Etymology

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Denominal verb from dóvanas (“free, obtainable without payment; futile”); cognate with Latvian dāvanât.[1] By surface analysis, dovanà (“gift”, noun) +‎ -oti.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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dovanóti (third-person present tense dovanója, third-person past tense dovanójo)

  1. to bestow, give (as a gift)
  2. to forgive

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “dóvanas”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego‎[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 119
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