šliurti

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Lithuanian

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Etymology

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Ultimately possibly onomatopoeic, as may also be kliùrti (to become loose, ill) and klerkė́ti (to buzz, purr).[1] Has also been connected to Albanian qurra (snot).[2]

Verb

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šliùrti (third-person present tense šliū̃ra, third-person past tense šliū̃ro)

  1. to become wet under the rain
  2. to become dirty
  3. (impersonal) to drizzle, sleet
    Synonyms: dárganoti, lynóti

Conjugation

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This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965) “šliurti”, in Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume II, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 1007b
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “qurra”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 364

Further reading

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