ilgesys

Meaning

longing, yearning

Example

Living abroad, he felt a real longing for home.

A way to remember it

Same image as in English: ilgas "long" → ilgėtis "to long for" → longing.

Word forms

More words at level C1

• indėlis contribution
• itin extremely, particularly
• išplyšti to tear open, to tear (intransitive, of fabric, seam)
• išskirtinis exceptional, distinctive
• išvada conclusion
• iššūkis challenge
• juolab all the more so
• ketinimas intention

More form tables

• bėgti to run
• būti to be
• daryti to do, to make
• duoti to give
• eiti to go on foot, to walk
• gerti to drink
• išeiti to go out, to leave
• kalbėti to speak, to talk
• klausyti to listen
• manyti to think, to believe
• matyti to see
• miegoti to sleep
• mokėti to pay / to know how to
• norėti to want
• padėti to help; to put, to lay down
• pasakyti to say, to tell
• pirkti to buy
• pradėti to begin, to start
• rašyti to write
• skaityti to read
• suprasti to understand
• turėti to have
• valgyti to eat
• važiuoti to go (by vehicle), to ride
• žaisti to play
• žinoti to know
• žiūrėti to watch, to look

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