Lithuanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *skn̥H-, the zero-grade of *skenH- (to tear off); cognate with Latvian šķĩt (to pluck leaves; to clear bushes), Proto-Germanic *skinþą (skin, hide, peel).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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skìnti (third-person present tense skìna, third-person past tense skýnė)[2][3]

  1. (transitive) to pluck, to pick (herbs etc.)
  2. (transitive) to fell (shrubs etc.)
  3. (transitive, figuratively) to clear, to open a road
  4. (transitive, figuratively) to eradicate

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “skìnti”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, pages 562-3
  2. ^ “skinti” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
  3. ^ “skinti” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN