kurti

English

Noun

kurti (plural kurtis)

  1. Alternative form of kurta

Anagrams


Latvian

Participle

kurti

  1. nominative plural masculine form of kurts

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European kʷr̥-[1]. Cognates include Latvian kur̃t (to light, kindle)[1] and Sanskrit कृणोति (kṛṇóti, to injure, do[1], make[1]). Compare Russian кури́ть (kurítʹ, to smoke)[1], a Latin noun carbō m (charcoal)[1] and an Old Icelandic noun hyrr m (fire)[1].

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkʊrʲtʲɪ]

Verb

kùrti (third-person present tense kùria, third-person past tense kū́rė) [2]

  1. (transitive) to kindle, light
    kurti ugnį[2] - to kindle a fire
    krosnį kurti[2] - to light the stove
  2. (transitive) to build
    namus, mokyklą kurti[2] - to build houses, a school
  3. (transitive) to establish, set up
    organizaciją, valstybę kurti[2] - to establish an organization, a state
  4. (transitive) to create, make
    eilėraščius, romanus kurti[2] - to create poems, novels
  5. (intransitive) to run
    Vaikai į mišką kūrė.[2]
    The children ran into the forest.

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • (to kindle): degti, uždegti
  • (to build): rengti, statyti, taisyti
  • (to establish): organizuoti, steigti
  • (to run): pūsti
  • (verb) kūrenti
Derived terms

See also

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 257. →ISBN
  2. “kurti” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
  • kurti in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė

Novial

Adjective

kurti (shortened kurt)

  1. short
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