kirpti

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *kerp-, from Proto-Indo-European *kerp- (to pluck, harvest), a form of Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (to cut, chop). Cognate with Latvian cìrpt (to shave), Proto-Slavic *čerpti (to scoop, draw (water, etc.)), Latin carpo (to seize), and, from *(s)ker-, a multitude of other derivatives.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʲɪrptʲɪ/

Verb

kir̃pti (third-person present tense ker̃pa, third-person past tense kir̃po)

  1. to cut, chop (with scissors, etc.)
  2. to clip, shear

Conjugation

Conjugation of kirpti
singular vienaskaita plural daugiskaita
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
tu jis/ji mes jūs jie/jos
indicative present kerpù kerpi̇̀ kerpa kerpame,
kerpam
kerpate,
kerpat
kerpa
past kirpaũ kirpai̇̃ kirpo kirpome,
kirpom
kirpote,
kirpot
kirpo
past frequentative kirpdavau kirpdavai kirpdavo kirpdavome,
kirpdavom
kirpdavote,
kirpdavot
kirpdavo
future kirpsiu kirpsi kirps kirpsime,
kirpsim
kirpsite,
kirpsit
kirps
subjunctive kirpčiau kirptum,
kirptumei
kirptų kirptumėme,
kirptumėm,
kirptume
kirptumėte,
kirptumėt
kirptų
imperative kirpk,
kirpki
tekerpa,
tekerpie
kirpkime,
kirpkim
kirpkite,
kirpkit
tekerpa,
tekerpie
Participles of kirpti
adjectival (dalyviai)
active passive
present kerpąs, kerpantis kerpamas
past kirpęs kirptas
past frequentative kirpdavęs
future kirpsiąs, kirpsiantis kirpsimas
participle of necessity kirptinas
adverbial
special pusdalyvis kirpdamas
half-participle present kerpant
past kirpus
past frequentative kirpdavus
future kirpsiant
manner of action būdinys kirpte, kirptinai

Derived terms

  • apsikirpti (to get a haircut)
  • kirpimas (haircut)

See also

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “kirpti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 246-7