verber

See also: verbër

Danish

Noun

verber n

  1. indefinite plural of verbum

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *wer(β/b)os, from Proto-Indo-European *werb(h)-os, from Proto-Indo-European *werb(h)-. Perhaps related to Lithuanian vir̃bas (rod, twig, cane), Proto-Slavic *vьrba (willow).[1] According to Adams, the term may derive from the same root *werbʰ- (to enclose), whence also Tocharian B wārp- (to surround),[2] though Kloekhorst considers the Latin cognates to be semantically distant.[3]

Pronunciation

Noun

verber n (genitive verberis); third declension

  1. lash, whip, scourge, rod
    Synonyms: flagrum, corium, lōrum, habēna, flagellum, scutica

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

singular plural
nominative verber verbera
genitive verberis verberum
dative verberī verberibus
accusative verber verbera
ablative verbere verberibus
vocative verber verbera

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “verbera”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 664
  2. ^ Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “wārp-”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 637
  3. ^ Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008), “ṷarpa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 966-967

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

verber n

  1. indefinite plural of verb