palikti

Palikti is a Lithuanian verb meaning to leave, depart from a place, or to abandon or forsake someone or something. It is transitive and used for both physical movement and for ending an association, relationship, or habit. The core sense is an action of moving away from a location, situation, or commitment, often with the idea that what is left behind is no longer maintained or continued.

Common uses include leaving a place (palikti namus or palikti miestą), leaving a person (palikti partnerį or palikti šeimą), resigning from work (palikti darbą), or giving up a habit (palikti įprotį). Example sentences: Jis paliko darbą. Ji paliko miestą prieš savaitę. Aš palikau namus. Jis paliko mane. Jie paliko įprotį.

In grammar, palikti is a transitive verb whose direct object appears in the accusative (ką palieka? darbą, miestą, namus, mane). The action can be described in different tenses: palieka (he leaves), palikau (I left), paliksiu (I will leave). The prefix pa- can imply a definite or completed action, distinguishing it from more general or ongoing departures.

Etymology and related forms: palikti is related to a family of verbs formed with pa- to indicate a completed action. Related concepts include išvykti (to depart from a place), atsisakyti (to renounce or resign), and the past participle paliktas (left).

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