Lithuanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *mirˀk-, and cognate with Latvian mir̂kšêt (to blink), Proto-Slavic *mь̀rknǫti (to become dark); see the Proto-Slavic for more.[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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mirksė́ti (third-person present tense mìrksi, third-person past tense mirksė́jo)

  1. to blink

Declension

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  • mérkti (to close one's eyes)

References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “mirksėti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 320