vogti
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Lithuanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Of uncertain origin. Has been linked to Latin vagus (“wandering, vague”);[1] wandering vagrants were perhaps considered to be more likely to steal,[2] or perhaps the act of stealing could be viewed as a "wandering off" of goods.
The present-tense forms are from the o-grade stem vag-, while the non-present-tense forms are from the lengthened o-grade stem *wāg-.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]võgti (third-person present tense vãgia, third-person past tense võgė)
- to steal
Declension
[edit]This entry needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
[edit]- vagìs (“thief”)