smerkti

Lithuanian

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Possibly related to dialectal Low German schmorgen (“to starve, be poor”), or to mer̃kti (“to soak”), assuming s-mobile is in effect.[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

smer̃kti (third-person present tense smer̃kia, third-person past tense smer̃kė)

  1. to condemn
  2. to judge, pass judgment on

Declension

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References

  1. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “smer̃kti”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego‎[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, pages 576-7
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