ireikti

Ireikti is not a standard item in contemporary Lithuanian lexicons. It is generally treated as a misspelling or nonstandard variant of reikėti, the verb meaning “to need” or “to be necessary.” The canonical infinitive is reikėti, and its present tense form is reikia in impersonal constructions, with dependent elements in the genitive (vandens) and a dative for the person who needs something: Man reikia vandens, Jam reikia pagalbos.

Grammar and usage in standard Lithuanian rely on the impersonal construction with reikia. The subject is often not expressed, and the person who experiences the need is indicated by a dative pronoun (man, tau, jam, mums, jums). The thing that is needed appears in the genitive: reikia vandens, reikia daugiau laiko. Other tenses form according to the verb’s conjugation (reikėjo, reikės, reikėtų) and follow the typical patterns of Lithuanian verbs.

When ireikti appears in text, it is typically a typographical error or a learner’s misspelling rather than a recognized lexical form. In formal writing or dictionaries, reikėti is the acknowledged form, and ireikti would not be treated as a separate verb with its own paradigm. Standard language guidance suggests correcting such instances to reikėti.

See also: reikėti, reikia, reikiama forma. Notes from normative sources emphasize using the standard infinitive reikėti and the impersonal present form reikia for expressing necessity or need.