vasaris

Lithuanian

Etymology

From vãsara (summer); the term's ancestor, Proto-Indo-European *wósr̥, originally referred to "spring",[1] and February is often colloquially considered a spring month.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɐˈsäː.rʲɪs/

Noun

vasãris m (plural vasãriai) stress pattern 2

  1. February (second month of the Gregorian calendar)

Declension

Declension of vasãris
singular
(vienaskaita)
plural
(daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) vasãris vasãriai
genitive (kilmininkas) vasãrio vasãrių
dative (naudininkas) vasãriui vasãriams
accusative (galininkas) vasãrį vasariùs
instrumental (įnagininkas) vasariù vasãriais
locative (vietininkas) vasãryje vasãriuose
vocative (šauksmininkas) vasãri vasãriai

See also

References

  1. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “vasãra”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 725