kirpti

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *kerp-, from Proto-Indo-European *kerp- (to pluck, harvest), a form of Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (to cut, chop). Cognate with Latvian cìrpt (to shave), Serbo-Croatian crpsti (to pump, exploit), Latin carpo (to seize), and, from *(s)ker-, a multitude of other derivatives.

Verb

kirpti (third-person present tense kerpa, third-person past tense kirpo)

  1. to cut, chop

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • kirpimas (haircut)
  • apsikirpti (to get a haircut)

See also

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