skirti
Lithuanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Balto-Slavic *skírˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off”). Cognate with Latvian sķirt (“to separate, divide, sever”).[1]
Pronunciation
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Verb
[edit]skìrti (third-person present tense skìria, third-person past tense skýrė)
- to separate
- to distinguish
- to devote, dedicate
- to bequeath
Conjugation
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Derived terms
[edit]- skirtìngas (“different, various”)
- skìrtumas (“difference”)
References
[edit]- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “skirti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 405
Further reading
[edit]- “skirti”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
- “skirti”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024