tirpti
Lithuanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *terp- (“to be stiff”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *tьrpnǫti (“to go numb”) (whence Polish cierpnąć (“id”)), Latin torpeō (“to be stiff”); see the Latin for more cognates.[1][2]
The "melt" sense is from the same origin as the "go numb" sense, with sense development "to shiver, tremble" > either "go numb" or "melt".[3]
Pronunciation
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Verb
[edit]tir̃pti (third-person present tense tir̃psta, third-person past tense tir̃po)
Conjugation
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Derived terms
[edit]- tirpùs (“easily dissolved or melted”)
References
[edit]- ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “tir̃pti”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 680
- ^ Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965) “tir̃pti 1.”, in Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume II, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, pages 1100-1
- ^ Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965) “tir̃pti 2.”, in Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume II, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 1101