šikti

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱekʷ- (“to defecate”) (cf. Proto-Indo-European *ḱókʷr̥ (“faeces”)). Related to Latvian šekšet (“to soil”).

Verb

šìkti (third-person present tense šìka, third-person past tense šìko)

  1. (intransitive) to defecate

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • šiktinė̃ (“defecation”)

References

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