kurti

See also: Kurti

English

Noun

kurti (plural kurtis)

Alternative form of kurta.

Anagrams

Turki, Irkut, UKIRT

Latvian

Participle

kurti

nominative plural masculine of kurts

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *kēr-, *ker-, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷr̥- (“to do, make, build”), probably via an extension *kʷr̥H- in order to account for the acute tone in the Baltic forms.^[1]^[2] Cognates include Latvian kur̃t (“to light, kindle”)^[2] and Sanskrit कृणोति (kṛṇóti, “to injure, do,^[2] make^[2]”).

The appurtenance of the "kindle, light" meanings to the root *kʷr̥- is uncertain. It is traditionally accepted and explained as originating from expressions such as ùgnį kùrti (“to light a fire”); however, it could very well come from a different root, usually reconstructed as Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃- (“heat, fire; to burn”).^[1] In this case, compare Lithuanian kárštas (“hot”),^[3] Russian кури́ть (kurítʹ, “to smoke”),^[2] Latin carbō m (“charcoal”),^[2] and Old Norse hyrr m (“fire”).^[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈkʊrʲtʲɪ]

Verb

kùrti (third-person present tense kùria, third-person past tense kū́rė) ^[4]

(transitive) to kindle, light
kurti ugnį^[4] - to kindle a fire

krosnį kurti^[4] - to light the stove

užkurti variklį - to start the engine
(transitive) to build
namus, mokyklą kurti^[4] - to build houses, a school
(transitive) to establish, set up
organizaciją, valstybę kurti^[4] - to establish an organization, a state
(transitive) to create, make
eilėraščius, romanus kurti^[4] - to create poems, novels
(intransitive) to run
Vaikai į mišką iškūrė.^[4]
The children ran into the forest.

Conjugation

Conjugation of *kurti*
		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person
		singular vienaskaita			plural daugiskaita
		aš	tu	jis/ji	mes	jūs	jie/jos
indicative tiesioginė nuosaka	present esamasis laikas	kuriù	kuri̇̀	kùria	kùriame kùriam	kùriate kùriat	kùria
	past būtasis kartinis laikas	kūraũ	kūrai̇̃	kū́ro	kū́rome kū́rom	kū́rote kū́rot	kū́ro
	past frequentative būtasis dažninis laikas	kùrdavau	kùrdavai	kùrdavo	kùrdavome kùrdavom	kùrdavote kùrdavot	kùrdavo
	future būsimasis laikas	kùrsiu	kùrsi	kur̃s	kùrsime kùrsim	kùrsite kùrsit	kur̃s
subjunctive tariamoji nuosaka		kùrčiau	kùrtum	kùrtų	kùrtumėme kùrtumėm kùrtume	kùrtumėte kùrtumėt	kùrtų
imperative liepiamoji nuosaka		—	kùrk kùrki	tekùria	kùrkime kùrkim	kùrkite kùrkit	tekùria

Participles of kurti

adjectival
	active	passive
present	kùriąs kùriantis	kùriomas
past	kū́ręs	kùrtas
past frequentative	kùrdavęs	—
future	kùrsiąs kùrsiantis	kùrsimas
participle of necessity	—	kùrtinas

adverbial
special (pusdalyvis)		kùrdamas
half-participle (padalyviai)	present	kùriant
	past	kū́rus
	past frequentative	kùrdavus
	future	kùrsiant
manner of action (būdinys)		kurtè kurtinai

Synonyms

(to kindle): degti, uždegti
(to build): rengti, statyti, taisyti
(to establish): organizuoti, steigti
(to run): pūsti

Derived terms

verbs derived from kurti

nouns derived from kurti

kūrėjas m / kūrėja f
kūrikas m / kūrikė f
kūrimas m (verbal noun)
kūrinys m
kūryba f

Related terms

(verb) kūrenti

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Derksen, Rick (2015), Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 266-7
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 ^2.6 Derksen, Rick (2008), Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 257. →ISBN
^ “kurti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 ^4.4 ^4.5 ^4.6 “kurti” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.

[EDBIL-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Derksen, Rick (2015), Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 266-7

[rd2008-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 ^2.6 Derksen, Rick (2008), Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 257. →ISBN

[3] “kurti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012

[dlkz395-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 ^4.4 ^4.5 ^4.6 “kurti” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.

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