skirti

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Lithuanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *skírˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (to cut off). Cognate with Latvian sķirt (to separate, divide, sever).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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skìrti (third-person present tense skìria, third-person past tense skýrė)

  1. to separate
  2. to distinguish
  3. to devote, dedicate
  4. to bequeath

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ 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

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  • skirti”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
  • skirti”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024