krieti

Lithuanian

Etymology

Possibly akin to Proto-Slavic *krojiti (“to cut off, to pattern”), *krь(jь) (“around”), from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (“to split, to separate”).

Verb

kriẽti (third-person present tense krẽja, third-person past tense krẽjo)

1. (transitive) to wrap, to stretch, to expand, to develop
2. (transitive) to fish

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Related terms

• kraĩtis (“dowry”)
• krìjas (“type of ornament”)
• krijà (“bow”)
• kriẽnas (“horseradish”) (possibly)

References

• “krieti”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
• “krieti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012