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Verb

pinti

1. first-person singular present subjunctive form of pintar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive form of pintar
3. third-person singular imperative form of pintar

Italian

Noun

pinti m

1. plural of pinto

Verb

pinti m

1. plural of pinto

Lithuanian

Etymology

• From Proto-Balto-Slavic pinʔ-^[1], from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pnH-^[1]. Cognate with Latvian pīt^[1], Polish piąć się^[1] “to climb” and Ancient Greek πένομαι ‎(pénomai, “to toil”)^[1].

Pronunciation

• (pìnti) IPA^(key): /ˈpʲɪnʲtʲɪ/
• (pintì) IPA^(key): [pʲɪnʲˈtʲɪ]

Verb

pìnti ‎(third-person present tense pìna, third-person past tense pýnė) ^[2]

1. (transitive) to plait (chiefly UK), to braid (US)

   pìnti kasàs^[2] - to make plaits

2. (transitive) to twine, to plait

   vainìką pìnti^[2] - to plait a garland

3. (prefixed with į-, transitive) to put (into)

   į̃ pláukus gė̃lę įpìnti^[2] - to put a flower into the hairs

4. (colloquial, transitive) to natter about

   Sunkù supràsti, ką̃ jìs teñ pìna.^[2]

   It is difficult to understand what he is nattering about.

Conjugation

Related terms

• (noun) pynė f

Derived terms

See also

• megzti

Participle

pintì m ‎(past passive)

1. masculine plural nominative form of pintas.

References

1. 1 2 3 4 5 Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, ISBN 978 90 04 15504 6, page 399. ISBN 978 90 04 15504 6
2. 1 2 3 4 5 “pinti” in Juozas Balčikonis [et al.] (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.

• “pinti” in Victoria Martsinkyavitshute (2012), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian, Seventh printing. New York: Hippocrene Books. ISBN 978-0-7818-0151-5