skinti

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskɪntɪ/

Verb

skìnti (third-person present tense skìna, third-person past tense skýnė) [1]

  1. (transitive) to pluck, to pick (herbs etc.)
    • folksong
      Eisiu į darželį, skinsiu tris žolynus.
      I'll go to the garden and pick three herbs.
  2. (transitive) to fell (shrubs etc.)
  3. (transitive, figuratively) to clear, to open a road
  4. (transitive, figuratively) to eradicate

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • (to pluck): rėkšti, raškyti
  • (to fell): kapoti, kirsti
  • (to open a road): skverbti
  • (to eradicate): griauti, naikinti

References

  1. “skinti” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
  • “skinti” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN
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