krešėti

Lithuanian

Etymology

Cognate with Proto-Slavic *kresati (“to strike fire”), perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European *kreḱ- (“to strike, beat”); see the Proto-Slavic for more cognates.^[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

krešė́ti (third-person present tense krė̃ša, third-person past tense krešė́jo) or
krešė́ti (third-person present tense krė̃ši, third-person past tense krešė́jo)^[2]

to coagulate, clot, dry and harden

Declension

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Derived terms

krešulỹs (“blood clot”, noun)

References

^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “krešė́ti”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 313
^ “krešėti”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024

[1] Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “krešė́ti”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 313

[2] “krešėti”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024

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