sverti

Faroese

Verb

sverti

1. first-person singular present of sverta

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“heavy, hanging”); cognate with Proto-Germanic *swēraz (“heavy; serious”).

Verb

sver̃ti (third-person present tense svẽria, third-person past tense svė́rė)

1. (transitive) to weigh (an object, etc.)
2. to hang (something) on a pole to dry
3. (intransitive) to weigh, to have weight

Conjugation

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Derived terms

• svìrtis (“lever”)