nykti

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Lithuanian

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Etymology

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Cognate with Latvian nikt (to suffer; to wear out), as well as Proto-Slavic *niknǫti (to droop, wilt) (though not to the latter in the sense of "to arise"); see the Proto-Slavic for more.[1]

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /nʲiːkʲtʲɪ/

Verb

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nỹkti (third-person present tense nỹksta, third-person past tense nỹko)

  1. to disappear, perish

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “nỹkti”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, pages 425-6