krykti

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *kreik-, of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Proto-Slavic *kričati (“to scream”).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

krỹkti (third-person present tense krỹkia, third-person past tense krỹkė)

  1. to cry (of birds); to quack

Conjugation

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References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “krykti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 259
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