Teikti

Teikti is a Lithuanian verb meaning to provide, offer, submit, or present. It describes actions where something is made available to someone or brought forward for consideration, whether information, help, documents, a proposal, or a decision. The sense covers both giving something directly and presenting it in a formal or official context.

Common uses and collocations include teikti informaciją (to provide information), teikti pagalbą (to offer help), teikti paraišką (to submit an application), teikti ataskaitą (to present a report), teikti pasiūlymą (to propose), and teikti įrodymus (to present evidence). In administrative, legal, or academic settings, teikti is typically used with direct objects in the accusative to indicate what is being provided or submitted.

Grammatical note: tekti is a native Lithuanian verb that forms with the teik- root. In the present tense the paradigm is teikiu, teiki, teikia, teikiame, teikiate, teikia. The past tense forms include teikiau, teikei, teikė, teikėme, teikėte, teikė. The future forms are teiksiu, teiksi, teiks, teiksime, teiksite, teiks. The imperative forms are teik and teikite. The verb is widely used across formal and official language, as well as in everyday contexts involving giving, presenting, or submitting something.

See also: duoti (to give) and pateikti (to present, to submit), which appear in related semantic fields of providing or presenting.