bręsti

See also: bresti and Bresti

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰrend-. Cognate with Latvian briêst (to swell, ripen, mature), Old Prussian pobrendints (made more difficult), Old Irish do·eprinn (to flow, trickle).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbʲrʲæːsʲtʲɪ]

Verb

brę́sti (third-person present tense brę́sta, third-person past tense bréndo) [1]

  1. (intransitive) to mature, to ripen
  2. (intransitive, of events) to be imminent, to approach

Conjugation

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References

  1. “bręsti” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
  • “bręsti” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN
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