purvas
Lithuanian
Etymology
From an uncertain Proto-Indo-European root shared with Albanian purth (“diarrhea”) and Latvian pùrvs (“swamp”), which see for more.
Noun
pur̃vas m (plural purvai̇̃) stress pattern 4
Declension
| singular (vienaskaita) |
plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | pur̃vas | purvai̇̃ |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | pur̃vo | purvų̃ |
| dative (naudininkas) | pur̃vui | purváms |
| accusative (galininkas) | pur̃vą | purvùs |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | purvù | purvai̇̃s |
| locative (vietininkas) | purvè | purvuosè |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | pur̃ve | purvai̇̃ |
References
- Orel, V. E. (2000). A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language: Reconstruction of Proto-Albanian. Germany: Brill, p. 45
Further reading
- “purvas”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2026
- “purvas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012