neršti

Lithuanian

Etymology

Cognate with Lithuanian nerštas, Latvian nārsts (“spawning”), Latvian nārstot (“to spawn”), from Proto-Baltic [Term?] and Proto-Balto-Slavic *nerṣ-t-. Compare Russian нерест (nerest), Proto-Slavic *nerstъ.

Verb

neršti (third-person present tense neršia, third-person past tense neršė)

  1. to spawn (of fish, etc.)
    • 1981, Giniūnas, K. et al., Lietuvos TSR nacionalinis parkas‎, Mokslas:
      Karšiai neršia gegužės antrojoje pusėje – birželyje, kai vandens temperatūra 18–20 °C.
      Freshwater bream spawn in the second half of May – June, when the water temperature is 18–20 °C.
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