žvirblis
See also: zvirblis
Lithuanian
Etymology
Related to Latvian zvirbulis (“sparrow”), Polish wróbel, Slovene vrábelj < Proto-Slavic *vorbъlь, *vorbьjь (“sparrow”). Akin to Proto-Indo-European *(s)werbʰ- + -ulis. The o-grade in the Slavic forms is reflected in žvarbus (“sharp, piercing”). The initial ž- can be identified with an original s-mobile, with later assimilation to the following -v-, compare Serbo-Croatian srābȁc, Bulgarian dialectal шво́роб (švórob); compare also Proto-Slavic *svorbъ (“itch”), Russian сво́роб (svórob), Slovene srȃb (“scabies”). Alternatively, the ž- may have appeared by analogy with žvyrė (“ptarmigan”), Latvian dialectal žvīgurs (“sparrow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒvʲɪ͡rbʲ.lʲɪs/
Noun
žvi̇̀rblis m (plural žvi̇̀rbliai) stress pattern 1
- sparrow (bird from the genus Passer, commonly Passer domesticus)
Declension
| singular (vienaskaita) |
plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | žvi̇̀rblis | žvi̇̀rbliai |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | žvi̇̀rblio | žvi̇̀rblių |
| dative (naudininkas) | žvi̇̀rbliui | žvi̇̀rbliams |
| accusative (galininkas) | žvi̇̀rblį | žvi̇̀rblius |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | žvi̇̀rbliu | žvi̇̀rbliais |
| locative (vietininkas) | žvi̇̀rblyje | žvi̇̀rbliuose |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | žvi̇̀rbli | žvi̇̀rbliai |
Derived terms
- karklažvirblis
- žvirbliamušis m, žvirbliamušė f
- žvirbliarūtė
- žvirbliauti
- žvirblinėti
- žvirblinis, žvirbliniai
- žvirbliškas
- žvirbliukas
- žvirbliūkštis
See also
- žvarbus
- žverblėti
- žvyrė