ardyti

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Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *or-ei/i-, Proto-Indo-European *Hor-eye-. Cognate with Latvian ā̀rdît (to destroy, scatter), Proto-Slavic *oriti (to tempt).

Verb

ardýti (third-person present tense ar̃do, third-person past tense ar̃dė)

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to pull down, destroy

Conjugation

References

  • Derksen, Rick (2015) “ardyti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 60
  • ardýti” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–); p. 48 in ALEW 1.1 (online, 2019).
  • ardyti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012

Further reading

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