Lithuanian

Verb

brìnkti ‎(third-person present tense brìnksta, third-person past tense brìnko) ^[2]

1. (intransitive) to swell^[3](with moisture)
2. (intransitive) to swell up (from inflammation)
3. (intransitive) to grow dry (soil, road itp.)

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (to swell up): tinti
• (to grow dry): džiūti

Derived terms

• (verbal noun) brinkìmas m

References

1. 1 2 3 Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, ISBN 978 90 04 15504 6, page 62. ISBN 978 90 04 15504 6
2. ↑ “brinkti” in Juozas Balčikonis [et al.] (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
3. ↑ “brinkti” in Victoria Martsinkyavitshute (2012), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian, Seventh printing. New York: Hippocrene Books. ISBN 978-0-7818-0151-5