verkti

Lithuanian

Verkiantis kūdikis.

Etymology

The zero-grade of this root may be reflected in dialectal urkšti, urkti (“growl”); see urkioti (“scold, call to task”), urgzti (“growl, rumble”). The zero-grade is also seen in Proto-Slavic *vъrčati, *vъrkati; compare Russian ворчать (vorčatʹ, “grumble”), ворковать (vorkovatʹ, “coo”), Polish warczeć (“snarl, growl”) and Czech vrčet (“snarl, grunt”), vrkat (“coo”). This suggests a Proto-Balto-Slavic root of *werk-jo-, *urk-jo-,[1] comparable with Latin urcō (“cry [of a lynx]”), Albanian wërras (“cry, bleat [of a goat]”).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈvʲɛ͡rk.tʲɪ/

Verb

ver̃kti (third-person present tense ver̃kia, third-person past tense ver̃kė)

  1. cry, weep
  2. lament, moan, complain

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • verkimas
  • verksmas
  • verkėjas m, verkėja f
  • verksnys m, verksnė f
  • verksnus
  • verkšlenti

References

  1. Jan Safarewicz (1961) Ze słownictwa bałto-słowiańskiego (Innowacje czasownikowe) [Notes on the Balto-Slavic Vocabulary (Verbal innovations)] in Slavia Antiqua, volume 8, page 255
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