skinti
Lithuanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *skn̥H-, the zero-grade of *skenH- (“to tear off”); cognate with Latvian šķĩt (“to pluck leaves; to clear bushes”), Proto-Germanic *skinþą (“skin, hide, peel”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]skìnti (third-person present tense skìna, third-person past tense skýnė)[2][3]
- (transitive) to pluck, to pick (herbs etc.)
- folksong
- folksong
- (transitive) to fell (shrubs etc.)
- (transitive, figuratively) to clear, to open a road
- (transitive, figuratively) to eradicate
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of skinti
| singular (vienaskaita) |
plural (daugiskaita) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person (pirmasis asmuo) |
2nd person (antrasis asmuo) |
3rd person (trečiasis asmuo) |
1st person (pirmasis asmuo) |
2nd person (antrasis asmuo) |
3rd person (trečiasis asmuo) | |||
| aš | tu | jis/ji | mes | jūs | jie/jos | |||
| indicative (tiesioginė nuosaka) |
present (esamasis laikas) |
skinu | skini | skina | skiname, skinam |
skinate, skinat |
skina | |
| past (būtasis kartinis laikas) |
skyniau | skynei | skynė | skynėme, skynėm |
skynėte, skynėt |
skynė | ||
| past frequentative (būtasis dažninis laikas) |
skindavau | skindavai | skindavo | skindavome, skindavom |
skindavote, skindavot |
skindavo | ||
| future (būsimasis laikas) |
skinsiu | skinsi | skins | skinsime, skinsim |
skinsite, skinsit |
skins | ||
| subjunctive (tariamoji nuosaka) |
skinčiau | skintum | skintų | skintumėme, skintumėm, skintume |
skintumėte, skintumėt |
skintų | ||
| imperative (liepiamoji nuosaka) |
— | skink, skinki |
teskina | skinkime, skinkim |
skinkite, skinkit |
teskina | ||
Participles of skinti
| Adjectival (dalyviai) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| active | passive | ||
| present | skinąs, skinantis | skinamas | |
| past | skynęs | skintas | |
| past frequentative | skindavęs | — | |
| future | skinsiąs, skinsiantis | skinsimas | |
| participle of necessity | — | skintinas | |
| Adverbial | |||
| special (pusdalyvis) | skindamas | ||
| half-participle (padalyviai) |
present | skinant | |
| past | skynus | ||
| past frequentative | skindavus | ||
| future | skinsiant | ||
| manner of action (būdinys) | skinte, skintinai | ||
Synonyms
[edit]- (to pluck): rėkšti, raškyti
- (to fell): kapoti, kirsti
- (to open a road): skverbti
- (to eradicate): griauti, naikinti
References
[edit]- ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “skìnti”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, pages 562-3
- ^ “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