Lithuanian

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Etymology

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Of uncertain origin. Derksen tentatively takes the word from an s-extension of Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃- (heat; to burn), for which see kùrti (to kindle) for more.[1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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kárštas m (feminine karštà, neuter káršta) stress pattern 3

  1. hot

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “karštas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 228