plakti

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Lithuanian

Pronunciation 1

Verb

plàkti (third-person present tense plãka, third-person past tense plãkė)[1]

  1. (transitive) to whip, to lash, to flog, to thrash[2]
    plakti botagu - to whip
  2. (transitive) to sharpen with hammering (metalic tools)
    dalgį / vinį plakti[1] - to sharpen a scythe / a nail
  3. (intransitive) to pulsate,[2] to beat
    širdis plaka[1] - a heart beats
  4. (transitive) to scutch (flax)
  5. (transitive) to whisk,[2] to scramble, to beat
    kiaušinienę plakti[1] - to make scrambled eggs
  6. (transitive) to mix up
    Neplak į krūvą skirtingų dalykų.[1]
    Don't throw different matters into a pile.
  7. (intransitive) to flap, to flutter
    Vėliavos plaka vėjyje.[1] - The flags flutter in the wind.
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Pronunciation 2

Participle

plaktì m

  1. nominative masculine plural of plaktas

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN