darbas
Lithuanian
Etymology
From the same root as di̇̀rbti (“to work”); see there for more.[1] Cognate with Latvian darbs; outside of Baltic, according to Brückner, this term is also related to Polish drabina (“ladder”).[2]
Noun
dárbas m (plural darbai̇̃) stress pattern 3
- work, job[3]
- 1566-1570, Martynas Mažvydas, Gesmes Chriksczoniskas:
- 1566-1570, Martynas Mažvydas, Gesmes Chriksczoniskas:
Declension
| singular (vienaskaita) |
plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | dárbas | darbai̇̃ |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | dárbo | darbų̃ |
| dative (naudininkas) | dárbui | darbáms |
| accusative (galininkas) | dárbą | dárbus |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | dárbu | darbai̇̃s |
| locative (vietininkas) | darbè | darbuosè |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | dárbe | darbai̇̃ |
Derived terms
nouns derived from darbas
- bedarbis m, bedarbė f
- darbadienis m
- darbininkas m, darbininkė f
- darbymetis m
(verb):
(adjectives):
- darbingas
- darbštus
See also
- triūsas, verslas
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “darbas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 115
- ^ Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “drab”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna, page 94
- ^ “darbas” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN