kristi

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Latvian

Noun

kristi m

  1. (dialectal) nominative plural of krists
  2. (dialectal) vocative plural of krists

Lithuanian

Etymology

Cognate with Latvian krist (fall), and also related to Lithuanian krė̃sti (to shake, jolt), Latvian krèst (to fall, drop, die). Outside of Baltic, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kret- (to shake suddenly), and related to Old Norse hrata (fall), Proto-Germanic *hradaz (quick, hasty), Old Irish crothaim (shake).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

krìsti (third-person present tense kriñta, third-person past tense krìto)[2]

  1. to fall

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “kristi”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 259
  2. ^ kristi”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024

Further reading

  • kristi”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012