Lithuanian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *bruś/k-,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *bʰruḱ-.[1] Cognates include Bulgarian бръсна (brǎsna, to shave).[1]

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Verb edit

brùkti (third-person present tense brùka, third-person past tense brùko) [2]

  1. (transitive) to shove, thrust
    brùkti rankàs į̃ kišenès[2] - to shove the hands into the pockets
  2. (transitive) (to press to buy): to thrust, force
    brùkti prẽkę[2] - to force the goods
  3. (transitive) to drive
    brùkti árklius[2] - to drive the horses
  4. (transitive) (flax) to scutch
    linùs brùkti[2] - to scutch the flax

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References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 65.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 “brukti” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
  • “brukti” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN