Lithuanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *kreik-, of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Proto-Slavic *kričati (to scream).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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krỹkti (third-person present tense krỹkia, third-person past tense krỹkė)

  1. to cry (of birds); to quack

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “krykti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 259