verkti

The zero-grade of this root may be reflected in dialectal urkšti, urkti (“growl”); see urkioti (“scold, call to task”), urgzti (“growl, rumble”). The zero-grade is also seen in Proto-Slavic *vъrčati, *vъrkati; compare Russian ворчать (vorčatʹ, “grumble”), ворковать (vorkovatʹ, “coo”), Polish warczeć (“snarl, growl”) and Czech vrčet (“snarl, grunt”), vrkat (“coo”). This suggests a Proto-Balto-Slavic root of *werk-jo-, *urk-jo-,^[1] comparable with Latin urcō (“cry [of a lynx]”), Albanian wërras (“cry, bleat [of a goat]”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈvʲɛ͡rk.tʲɪ/

ver̃kti (third-person present tense ver̃kia, third-person past tense ver̃kė)

1. cry, weep
2. lament, moan, complain