verkti

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Lithuanian

Verkiantis kūdikis.

Etymology

The zero-grade of this root may be reflected in dialectal urkšti, urkti (growl); see urkioti (scold, call to task), urgzti (growl, rumble). The zero-grade is also seen in Proto-Slavic *vъrčati, *vъrkati; compare Russian ворчать (vorčatʹ, grumble), ворковать (vorkovatʹ, coo), Polish warczeć (snarl, growl) and Czech vrčet (snarl, grunt), vrkat (coo). This suggests a Proto-Balto-Slavic root of *werk-jo-, *urk-jo-,[1] comparable with Latin urcō (cry ), Albanian wërras (cry, bleat ).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈvʲɛ͡rk.tʲɪ/

Verb

ver̃kti (third-person present tense ver̃kia, third-person past tense ver̃kė)

  1. cry, weep
  2. lament, moan, complain

Conjugation

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References

  1. ^ Jan Safarewicz (1961) Ze słownictwa bałto-słowiańskiego (Innowacje czasownikowe) in Slavia Antiqua, volume 8, page 255