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.

  • 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
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