skirti
Lithuanian
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *skírˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off”). Cognate with Latvian sķirt (“to separate, divide, sever”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈs̪ʲkʲɪr̺ʲ.t̪ʲɪ]
Verb
ski̇̀rti (third-person present tense ski̇̀ria, third-person past tense skýrė)
- to separate
- to distinguish
- to devote, dedicate
- to bequeath
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 | skiriù | skiri̇̀ | ski̇̀ria | ski̇̀riame, ski̇̀riam |
ski̇̀riate, ski̇̀riat |
ski̇̀ria | |
| past | skyriaũ | skyrei̇̃ | skýrė | skýrėme, skýrėm |
skýrėte, skýrėt |
skýrė | ||
| past frequentative | ski̇̀rdavau | ski̇̀rdavai | ski̇̀rdavo | ski̇̀rdavome, ski̇̀rdavom |
ski̇̀rdavote, ski̇̀rdavot |
ski̇̀rdavo | ||
| future | ski̇̀rsiu | ski̇̀rsi | skir̃s | ski̇̀rsime, ski̇̀rsim |
ski̇̀rsite, ski̇̀rsit |
skir̃s | ||
| subjunctive | ski̇̀rčiau | ski̇̀rtum | ski̇̀rtų | ski̇̀rtumėme, ski̇̀rtumėm, ski̇̀rtume |
ski̇̀rtumėte, ski̇̀rtumėt |
ski̇̀rtų | ||
| imperative | — | ski̇̀rk, ski̇̀rki |
teski̇̀ria | ski̇̀rkime, ski̇̀rkim |
ski̇̀rkite, ski̇̀rkit |
teski̇̀ria | ||
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Derived terms
- skirti̇̀ngas (“different, various”)
- ski̇̀rtumas (“difference”)
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “skirti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 405
Further reading
- “skirti”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025
- “skirti”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2025