Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to kilt
Participle: kilted
Gerund: kilting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | kilt |
| you | kilt |
| he;she;it | kilts |
| we | kilt |
| you | kilt |
| they | kilt |
Perfect
| I | have kilted |
| you | have kilted |
| he;she;it | has kilted |
| we | have kilted |
| you | have kilted |
| they | have kilted |
Past
| I | kilted |
| you | kilted |
| he;she;it | kilted |
| we | kilted |
| you | kilted |
| they | kilted |
Pluperfect
| I | had kilted |
| you | had kilted |
| he;she;it | had kilted |
| we | had kilted |
| you | had kilted |
| they | had kilted |
Future
| I | will kilt |
| you | will kilt |
| he;she;it | will kilt |
| we | will kilt |
| you | will kilt |
| they | will kilt |
Future Perfect
| I | will have kilted |
| you | will have kilted |
| he;she;it | will have kilted |
| we | will have kilted |
| you | will have kilted |
| they | will have kilted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | kilt |
| you | kilt |
| he;she;it | kilt |
| we | kilt |
| you | kilt |
| they | kilt |
Perfect
| I | have kilted |
| you | have kilted |
| he;she;it | have kilted |
| we | have kilted |
| you | have kilted |
| they | have kilted |
Imperfect
| I | kilted |
| you | kilted |
| he;she;it | kilted |
| we | kilted |
| you | kilted |
| they | kilted |
Pluperfect
| I | had kilted |
| you | had kilted |
| he;she;it | had kilted |
| we | had kilted |
| you | had kilted |
| they | had kilted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would kilt |
| you | would kilt |
| he;she;it | would kilt |
| we | would kilt |
| you | would kilt |
| they | would kilt |
Perfect
| I | would have kilted |
| you | would have kilted |
| he;she;it | would have kilted |
| we | would have kilted |
| you | would have kilted |
| they | would have kilted |
Imperative
| you | kilt |
| we | Let's kilt |
| you | kilt |
Verbs conjugated like 'kilt'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'kilt'
hilt,
jilt,
kill,
kiln,
kist,
kit,
lilt,
milt,
silt,
tilt,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. "plaited tartan skirt," c.1730, from M.E. verb
kilten "to tuck up" (c.1340), from a Scand. source (cf. Dan.
kilte op "to tuck up;" O.N.
kilting "shirt,"
kjalta "fold made by gathering up to the knees").
2. From Middle English kilten (“to tuck up, gird”), apparently from North Germanic, ultimately from Old Norse kelta, kjalta (“skirt; lap”). Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *kelt-, *kelþǭ, *kilþį̄ (“womb”), from Proto-Indo-European *gelt- (“round body; child”). Cognate with Danish kilte (“to tuck”), Swedish kilta (“to swathe”). Related to English child. See: Danish '
kilte', Swedish '
kilta', English '
child'.
Sample Sentences
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Else at her new place worked outdoor and indoor, she'd to kilt her skirts (if they needed kilting – and that was damned little with those short-like frocks) and go out and help at the spreading of dung […]. [1933, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Cloud Howe (A Scots Quair), Polygon, published 2006, page 385:]