skersti
Lithuanian
Etymology
From Proto-Baltic *skerd-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerdʰ- (“to cut”), an extension of *(s)ker- (“to cut”). Cognate with Latvian šķērst (“to dissect”), Middle High German scherzen (“to cut off, shorten”), Proto-Germanic *skurtaz (“short”), Proto-Slavic *skorda (“harrow”);[1] see also Lithuanian skrósti (“to dissect”), Latvian šķirt (“to part; to divorce”).
Pronunciation
Verb
sker̃sti (third-person present tense sker̃džia, third-person past tense sker̃dė)
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 | skerdžiù | skerdi̇̀ | skeŕdžia | skeŕdžiame, skeŕdžiam |
skeŕdžiate, skeŕdžiat |
skeŕdžia | |
| past | skerdžiaú | skerdei̇́ | skeŕdė | skeŕdėme, skeŕdėm |
skeŕdėte, skeŕdėt |
skeŕdė | ||
| past frequentative | skeŕsdavau | skeŕsdavai | skeŕsdavo | skeŕsdavome, skeŕsdavom |
skeŕsdavote, skeŕsdavot |
skeŕsdavo | ||
| future | skeŕsiu | skeŕsi | skeŕs | skeŕsime, skeŕsim |
skeŕsite, skeŕsit |
skeŕs | ||
| subjunctive | skeŕsčiau | skeŕstum | skeŕstų | skeŕstumėme, skeŕstumėm, skeŕstume |
skeŕstumėte, skeŕstumėt |
skeŕstų | ||
| imperative | — | skeŕsk, skeŕski |
teskeŕdžia | skeŕskime, skeŕskim |
skeŕskite, skeŕskit |
teskeŕdžia | ||
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Synonyms
Derived terms
- skerstinai̇̃
prefixed forms of skersti
- daskersti
- išskersti
- įskersti
- nuskersti
- paskersti
- perskersti
- praskersti
- priskersti
- razskersti
- suskersti
- užskersti
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “skersti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 403-4