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”), Proto-Slavic *čerpti (“to scoop, draw (water, etc.)”), Latin carpo (“to seize”), and, from *(s)ker-, a multitude of other derivatives.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʲɪrptʲɪ/

Verb

kir̃pti (third-person present tense ker̃pa, third-person past tense kir̃po)

1. to cut, chop (with scissors, etc.)
2. to clip, shear

Conjugation

Conjugation of kirpti

		singular vienaskaita				plural daugiskaita
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
		aš	tu	jis/ji		mes	jūs	jie/jos
indicative tiesioginė nuosaka	present esamasis laikas	kerpù	kerpi̇̀	kerpa		kerpame kerpam	kerpate kerpat	kerpa
	past būtasis kartinis laikas	kirpaũ	kirpai̇̃	kirpo		kirpome kirpom	kirpote kirpot	kirpo
	past frequentative būtasis dažninis laikas	kirpdavau	kirpdavai	kirpdavo		kirpdavome kirpdavom	kirpdavote kirpdavot	kirpdavo
	future būsimasis laikas	kirpsiu	kirpsi	kirps		kirpsime kirpsim	kirpsite kirpsit	kirps
subjunctive tariamoji nuosaka		kirpčiau	kirptum kirptumei	kirptų		kirptumėme kirptumėm kirptume	kirptumėte kirptumėt	kirptų
imperative liepiamoji nuosaka		—	kirpk kirpki	tekerpa tekerpie		kirpkime kirpkim	kirpkite kirpkit	tekerpa tekerpie

Participles of kirpti

adjectival active passive present kerpąs kerpantis kerpamas past kirpęs kirptas past frequentative kirpdavęs — future kirpsiąs kirpsiantis kirpsimas participle of necessity — kirptinas adverbial special (pusdalyvis) kirpdamas half-participle (padalyviai) present kerpant past kirpus past frequentative kirpdavus future kirpsiant manner of action (būdinys) kirpte kirptinai

Derived terms

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

See also

• pjauti