krieti
Lithuanian
Etymology
Possibly akin to Proto-Slavic *krojiti (“to cut off, to pattern”), *krь(jь) (“around”), from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (“to split, to separate”).
Verb
kriẽti (third-person present tense krẽja, third-person past tense krẽjo)
Conjugation
| singular vienaskaita | plural daugiskaita | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| aš | tu | jis/ji | mes | jūs | jie/jos | |||
| indicative | present | krejù | kreji̇̀ | krẽja | krẽjame, krẽjam |
krẽjate, krẽjat |
krẽja | |
| past | krejaũ | krejai̇̃ | krẽjo | krẽjome, krẽjom |
krẽjote, krẽjot |
krẽjo | ||
| past frequentative | kriẽdavau | kriẽdavai | kriẽdavo | kriẽdavome, kriẽdavom |
kriẽdavote, kriẽdavot |
kriẽdavo | ||
| future | kriẽsiu | kriẽsi | kriẽs | kriẽsime, kriẽsim |
kriẽsite, kriẽsit |
kriẽs | ||
| subjunctive | kriẽčiau | kriẽtum, kriẽtumei |
kriẽtų | kriẽtumėme, kriẽtumėm, kriẽtume |
kriẽtumėte, kriẽtumėt |
kriẽtų | ||
| imperative | — | kriẽk, kriẽki |
tekrẽja, tekrẽjie |
kriẽkime, kriẽkim |
kriẽkite, kriẽkit |
tekrẽja, tekrẽjie | ||
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Related terms
- krai̇̃tis (“dowry”)
- kri̇̀jas (“type of ornament”)
- krijà (“bow”)
- kriẽnas (“horseradish”) (possibly)
References
- “krieti”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025
- “krieti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012