Lithuanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *trénkʷ-ye-ti, the ye-present of *trenkʷ- (to push, press). Cognate with Latvian triekt (to beat, shake), Proto-Germanic *þrinhwaną (to press, push; to force).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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treñkti (third-person present tense treñkia, third-person past tense treñkė)[2]

  1. to slam, beat, strike
  2. to drown out, muffle
  3. to throw down, cast off, discard

Declension

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  • trankýti (to shake; to hit repeatedly)

References

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  1. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “treñkti”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 686
  2. ^ trenkti”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024