kļūt

See also: klut

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *kļūti, from *klʲū-, from the reduced grade *klʲū- of *klew-, *klū-, from the stem *kel- (to bend) (whence also kļaut (to hug, to press against one's heart) and kļūda (error, mistake)). The semantic change was probably “to bend, to be bent” > “to get stuck, to stay (somewhere)” > “to stay, get (somewhere)” > “to become.” Cognates include Lithuanian kliū́ti (to catch, to be caught, delayed; to undertake; to hit (target); to disturb, to be an obstacle; to obtain, to get, to reach).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kʎûːt]
(file)

Verb

kļūt intr., 1st conj., pres. kļūstu, kļūsti, kļūst, past kļuvu

  1. to become

Conjugation

Synonyms

Derived terms

prefixed verbs:
  • aizkļūt
  • apkļūt
  • atkļūt
  • pakļūt
  • pārkļūt
  • piekļūt
  • uzkļūt

References

  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), kļūt”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.