šķērst
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Latvian
Etymology
From an earlier *skersti via palatalization (*sk > šķ) and vowel lengthening due to low tone (*èr > ēr), from Proto-Baltic *skerd-ti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *skurd, from Proto-Indo-European *ker-, *sker- “to cut” (whence also šķirt, q.v.) with an extra d.
Cognates include Lithuanian sker̃sti (“to slaughter (farm animals)”), Old Prussian scurdis (mistakenly spelled sturdis), Old Church Slavonic оскръдъ (oskrŭdŭ), Russian оско́рд (oskórd, “big ax”), Czech oškrd (“whetstone”), Polish oskard (“hoe”).[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
šķērst (transitive, 1st conjugation, present šķēržu, šķērd, šķērž, past šķērdu)
- to cut a dead animal or human so as to expose the internal organs
- šķērst nokauto cūku ― to cut (open) a slaughtered pig
- šķērst zivis ― to cut (open) fish
- viņš paņēma nazi, nokāpa uz klāja un šķērda skumbrijas ― he took the knife, went down on deck and cut (open) the mackarel
- sāka zaķi šķērst pusdienas tiesai ― he began to cut (open) the hare for the midday court
Conjugation
conjugation of šķērst
Derived terms
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Related terms
References
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “šķērst”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN