brinkti

Lithuanian

Etymology

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbʲrʲɪŋkʲtʲɪ/

Verb

brìnkti (third-person present tense brìnksta, third-person past tense brìnko) [2]

  1. (intransitive) to swell[3] (with moisture)
  2. (intransitive) to swell up (from inflammation)
  3. (intransitive) to grow dry (soil, road itp.)

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • (to swell up): tinti
  • (to grow dry): džiūti

Derived terms

  • (verbal noun) brinkìmas m

References

  1. 1 2 3 Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 62. →ISBN
  2. “brinkti” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
  3. “brinkti” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN
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