tirpti

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *terp- (“to be stiff”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *tьrpnǫti (“to go numb”) (whence Polish cierpnąć (“id”)), Latin torpeō (“to be stiff”); see the Latin for more cognates.[1][2]

The "melt" sense is from the same origin as the "go numb" sense, with sense development "to shiver, tremble" > either "go numb" or "melt".[3]

Pronunciation

Verb

tir̃pti (third-person present tense tir̃psta, third-person past tense tir̃po)

  1. to shiver
  2. to go numb, become numb
  3. (of limbs) to fall asleep
  4. to solidify
  5. to melt
  6. to dissolve

Conjugation

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Derived terms

  • tirpùs (“easily dissolved or melted”)

References

  1. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “tir̃pti”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego‎[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 680
  2. ^ Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965) “tir̃pti 1.”, in Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume II, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, pages 1100-1
  3. ^ Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965) “tir̃pti 2.”, in Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume II, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 1101
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