skersti

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *skerd-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *ker-, *sker- “to cut” (see also Latvian šķirt) with an extra d. Compare to Latvian šķērst.

Verb

sker̃sti (third-person present tense sker̃džia, third-person past tense sker̃dė)

  1. to slaughter
  2. to kill
  3. to cut

Conjugation

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • skerstinaĩ
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