atrinkti

From at- +‎ rinkti.

• IPA^(key): [ɐtˈrʲɪŋk.tʲɪ]
• Rhymes: -ʲɪŋktʲɪ
• Hyphenation: at‧rink‧ti

atriñkti (third-person present tense àtrenka, third-person past tense atriñko)

1. (transitive) to select, separate, or pick out the correct or desirable from multiple/many;

   Atriñkti grūdus nuo pelų.

   To separate the wheat from the chaff.

   Àtrenku tinkamus kandidatus.

   I am selecting suitable candidates.

2. (dialectal, transitive) to understand
3. (dialectal, transitive) to get, to take

• atskirti (“to separate”)
• atrinktinai̇̃ (“selectively”)

• “atrinkti”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025
• “atrinkti”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2025