plakti

Lithuanian

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɫaktʲɪ/

Verb

plàkti (third-person present tense plãka, third-person past tense plãkė)[1]

  1. (transitive) to whip, to lash, to flog, to thrash[2]
    plakti botagu - to whip
  2. (transitive) to sharpen with hammering (metalic tools)
    dalgį / vinį plakti[1] - to sharpen a scythe / a nail
  3. (intransitive) to pulsate[2], to beat
    širdis plaka[1] - a heart beats
  4. (transitive) to scutch (flax)
  5. (transitive) to whisk[2], to scramble, to beat
    kiaušinienę plakti[1] - to make scrambled eggs
  6. (transitive) to mix up
    Neplak į krūvą skirtingų dalykų.[1]
    Don't throw different matters into a pile.
  7. (intransitive) to flap, to flutter
    Vėliavos plaka vėjyje.[1] - The flags flutter in the wind.
Conjugation
Synonyms
  • (to whip): čaižyti, lupti, mušti, pliekti
  • (to sharpen): tinti
  • (to pulsate): mušti, pulsuoti, tvinkčioti
  • (to scutch): brukti
  • (to flap, to flutter): plasnoti, plevėsuoti
Derived terms

(Verbs)

  • įplakti
  • išplakti
  • nuplakti
  • parplakti
  • (reflexive) plaktis
  • priplakti
  • (reflexive) prisiplakti
  • suplakti
  • (reflexive) susiplakti
  • užplakti

(Nouns)

  • plakė́jas m / plakė́ja f
  • plakìmas m
  • plaktukas m

(Verbs)

  • pliekti
  • plukti
Idioms
  • su liežuviu tik plakti
See also
  • daužyti
  • (to sharpen with hammering): kalti
  • (to scramble; to mix up): maišyti

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): /pɫakˈtʲɪ/

Participle

plaktì m

  1. masculine plural nominative form of plaktas.

References

  1. Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
  2. Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN
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