virbas
Lithuanian
Etymology
Within Balto-Slavic, related to Latvian vir̂bs (“rod”), Proto-Slavic *vьrba (“willow”).[1] According to Derksen, the term may derive from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥bʰ-. It is perhaps cognate with Latin verber (“lash”).[2] Adams proposes a possible connection with the root *werbʰ- (“to enclose”) (whence also Tocharian B wārp- (“to surround”)),[3] though Kloekhorst rejects this theory due to semantic differences.[4]
Noun
vir̃bas m (plural virbai̇̃) stress pattern 4[5]
Inflection
| singular (vienaskaita) |
plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | vir̃bas | virbai̇̃ |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | vir̃bo | virbų̃ |
| dative (naudininkas) | vir̃bui | virbáms |
| accusative (galininkas) | vir̃bą | virbùs |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | virbù | virbai̇̃s |
| locative (vietininkas) | virbè | virbuosè |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | vir̃be | virbai̇̃ |
References
- ^ “virbas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015), “virbas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 505
- ^ 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
- ^ 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
- ^ “virbas”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2026