smerkti

Lithuanian

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Possibly related to dialectal Low German schmorgen (“to starve, be poor”), or to mer̃kti (“to soak”), assuming s-mobile is in effect.^[1]

Pronunciation

This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

Verb

smer̃kti (third-person present tense smer̃kia, third-person past tense smer̃kė)

to condemn
to judge, pass judgment on

Declension

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Related terms

smarkùs (“fierce”)

References

^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “smer̃kti”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, pages 576-7

[1] Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “smer̃kti”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, pages 576-7

[1]