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kurti (plural kurtis)

  1. Alternative form of kurta

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kurti

  1. nominative plural masculine of kurts

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Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷr̥-.[1] Cognates include Latvian kur̃t (to light, kindle)[1] and Sanskrit कृणोति (kṛṇóti, to injure, do,[1] make[1]). Compare Russian кури́ть (kurítʹ, to smoke),[1] a Latin noun carbō m (charcoal)[1] and an Old Icelandic noun hyrr m (fire).[1]

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kùrti (third-person present tense kùria, third-person past tense kū́rė) [2]

  1. (transitive) to kindle, light
    kurti ugnį[2] - to kindle a fire
    krosnį kurti[2] - to light the stove
  2. (transitive) to build
    namus, mokyklą kurti[2] - to build houses, a school
  3. (transitive) to establish, set up
    organizaciją, valstybę kurti[2] - to establish an organization, a state
  4. (transitive) to create, make
    eilėraščius, romanus kurti[2] - to create poems, novels
  5. (intransitive) to run
    Vaikai į mišką kūrė.[2]
    The children ran into the forest.

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References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 257. →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 “kurti” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
  • kurti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012