merkti

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Lithuanian

Etymology 1

Cognate with Latvian mērkt (“to wet, soak”), apparently from a Proto-Indo-European *merk- (“to soak; to weaken”), and cognate with Latin marceō (“to wither, droop”) and Middle High German meren (“to dip bread into water or wine”).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

mer̃kti (third-person present tense mer̃kia, third-person past tense mer̃kė)

  1. to wet, moisten, soak
Declension
Conjugation of merkti
singular vienaskaita plural daugiskaita
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
aš tu jis/ji mes jūs jie/jos
indicative
tiesioginė
nuosaka
 present
esamasis laikas
 merkiù merki̇̀ mer̃kia mer̃kiame,
mer̃kiam 		mer̃kiate,
mer̃kiat 		mer̃kia
past
būtasis kartinis
laikas
 merkiaũ merkei̇̃ mer̃kė mer̃kėme,
mer̃kėm 		mer̃kėte,
mer̃kėt 		mer̃kė
past frequentative
būtasis dažninis
laikas
 mer̃kdavau mer̃kdavai mer̃kdavo mer̃kdavome,
mer̃kdavom 		mer̃kdavote,
mer̃kdavot 		mer̃kdavo
future
būsimasis laikas
 mer̃ksiu mer̃ksi mer̃ks mer̃ksime,
mer̃ksim 		mer̃ksite,
mer̃ksit 		mer̃ks
subjunctive
tariamoji nuosaka
 mer̃kčiau mer̃ktum mer̃ktų mer̃ktumėme,
mer̃ktumėm,
mer̃ktume 		mer̃ktumėte,
mer̃ktumėt 		mer̃ktų
imperative
liepiamoji nuosaka
 — mer̃k,
mer̃ki 		temer̃kia mer̃kime,
mer̃kim 		mer̃kite,
mer̃kit 		temer̃kia
Participles of merkti
adjectival (dalyviai)
active passive
present mer̃kiąs, mer̃kiantis mer̃kiomas
past mer̃kęs mer̃ktas
past frequentative mer̃kdavęs —
future mer̃ksiąs, mer̃ksiantis mer̃ksimas
participle of necessity — mer̃ktinas
adverbial
special pusdalyvis mer̃kdamas
half-participle
padalyviai
 present mer̃kiant
past mer̃kus
past frequentative mer̃kdavus
future mer̃ksiant
manner of action būdinys mer̃kte, merktinai
  • markà (“place for retting flax”)

Etymology 2

Related to mirksė́ti (“to blink”).[2]

Pronunciation

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Verb

mérkti (third-person present tense mérkia, third-person past tense mérkė)

  1. to close one's eyes
Declension

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References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “merkti I”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 312
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “merkti II”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 312
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