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Lithuanian
Etymology
Ultimately possibly onomatopoeic, as may also be kliùrti (“to become loose, ill”) and klerkė́ti (“to buzz, purr”).[1] Has also been connected to Albanian qurra (“snot”).[2]
Verb
šliùrti (third-person present tense šliū̃ra, third-person past tense šliū̃ro)
- to become wet under the rain
- to become dirty
- (impersonal) to drizzle, sleet
- Synonyms: dárganoti, lynóti
Conjugation
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
References
- ^ Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965) “šliurti”, in Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume II, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 1007b
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “qurra”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 364
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