varpas
Lithuanian
Etymology 1
Related to virpėti (“to tremble, quiver”), virpulys (“trembling”), as "something that trembles" > "(a struck) bell".[1]
There is a cluster of Baltic words hypothesized to be related such as verpti (“to spin”), varpyti (“to dig, make holes”), Latvian virpēt (“to twist with a spindle; to shake”), Latvian virpulis (“whirlpool”).
See also perhaps Slovene vŕpati (“to turn, to grab, to ditch”), dialectal Russian верпеть (verpetʹ, “to spring”), Bulgarian върпина (vǎrpina, “pond, whirlpool”).
Pronunciation
Noun
var̃pas m (plural varpai̇̃) stress pattern 4
Declension
| singular (vienaskaita) |
plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | var̃pas | varpai̇̃ |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | var̃po | varpų̃ |
| dative (naudininkas) | var̃pui | varpáms |
| accusative (galininkas) | var̃pą | varpùs |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | varpù | varpai̇̃s |
| locative (vietininkas) | varpè | varpuosè |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | var̃pe | varpai̇̃ |
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Noun
várpas
- accusative plural of várpa
References
- ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “var̃pas”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 723