kenkti

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kank-, *kenk- (to burn, dry, pain, desire, hunger, thirst), see also Sanskrit काङ्क्षति (kāṅkṣati, he wishes, desires).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʲɛŋkʲtʲɪ/

Verb

keñkti (third-person present tense keñkia, third-person past tense keñkė) [2]

  1. (intransitive) to do harm
    keñkti sveikãtai - to affect health

Conjugation

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • (Verb) pakenkti

(Nouns)

  • (verbal noun) kenkìmas m
  • kenkėjas m / kenkė́ja f

References

  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 565, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 565
  2. “kenkti” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
  • “kenkti” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN
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