kristi

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Latvian[edit]

Noun[edit]

kristi m

  1. (dialectal) nominative plural of krists
  2. (dialectal) vocative plural of krists

Lithuanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Cognate with Latvian krist (fall), and also related to Lithuanian krė̃sti, Latvian krèst. Possibly related to Old Norse hrata (fall), Old Irish crothaim (shake), from Proto-Indo-European *kret-.

Verb[edit]

krìsti (third-person present tense kriñta, third-person past tense krìto)

  1. to fall

Conjugation[edit]

References[edit]

  • kristi”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
  • kristi”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
  • Derksen, Rick (2015) “kristi”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 259