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verkti

verkti

Lithuanian

Verkiantis kūdikis.

Verb

ver̃kti ‎(third-person present tense ver̃kia, third-person past tense ver̃kė)

  1. cry, weep
  2. lament, moan, complain

Conjugation

dalyviai of verkti
active passive
present ver̃kąs, ver̃kantis ver̃kamas
past ver̃kęs ver̃ktas
past frequentative ver̃kdavęs —
future ver̃ksiąs, ver̃ksiantis ver̃ksimas
participle of necessity — ver̃ktinas
pusdalyvis of verkti
active
special adverbial participle ver̃kdamas
padalyviai of verkti
active
present adverbial ver̃kant
past adverbial ver̃kus
past frequentative adverbial ver̃kdavus
future adverbial ver̃ksiant

Derived terms

  • verkimas
  • verksmas
  • verkėjas m, verkėja f
  • verksnys m, verksnė f
  • verksnus
  • verkšlenti

References

  1. ↑ Jan Safarewicz (1961) Ze słownictwa bałto-słowiańskiego (Innowacje czasownikowe) [Notes on the Balto-Slavic Vocabulary (Verbal innovations)] in Slavia Antiqua, volume 8, page 255

Etymology

The zero-grade of this root may be reflected in dialectal urkšti, urkti ‎(“growl”); see urkioti ‎(“scold, call to task”), urgzti ‎(“growl, rumble”). The zero-grade is also seen in Proto-Slavic *vъrčati, *vъrkati; compare Russian ворчать ‎(vorčatʹ, “grumble”), ворковать ‎(vorkovatʹ, “coo”), Polish warczeć ‎(“snarl, growl”) and Czech vrčet ‎(“snarl, grunt”), vrkat ‎(“coo”). This suggests a Proto-Balto-Slavic root of *werk-jo-, *urk-jo-[1], comparable with Latin urcō ‎(“cry [of a lynx]”), Albanian wërras ‎(“cry, bleat [of a goat]”).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈvʲɛ͡rk.tʲɪ/

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