tirti

Lithuanian

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₁yéti, a yé-present of Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to thread, to rub”) (some dialects show sta-present as well). Akin to Proto-Slavic *terti (“to rub, to scrape”), *těrati (“to seek”), Latvian trĩt (“to sharpen”).

Verb

tìrti (third-person present tense tìria, third-person past tense týrė)

  1. (transitive) to investigate, to explore, to research
    Synonym: tyrinė́ti
  2. (transitive) to examine, to check
    Synonym: tìkrinti

Alternative forms
  • tyrė́ti (ė-conjugation)

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Verbs:

  • aptìrti
  • atitìrti
  • datìrti
    • išdatìrti
  • įptìrti
  • ištìrti
  • patìrti
    • išpatìrti
  • pértirti
  • pritìrti
  • sutìrti

Nominals:

  • -tyra (“-logy”)
    • tyrinė́ti (“to explore, to research”)
    • tyrė́jas (“explorer, researcher”)
    • tyrìmas (“research”)
  • trìnti (“to rub”)
  • tirtė́ti (“to tremble, to shake”)

References
  • “tirti”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2021
  • “tirti”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2021
  • “tirti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
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