verslas
Lithuanian
Etymology
According to Fraenkel, from the same root as versti (“to cause to fall; to convert”), virsti, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wert-.
Noun
ver̃slas m (plural ver̃slai) stress pattern 2
- business (commercial or professional activity performed for profit)
Declension
| singular (vienaskaita) |
plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | ver̃slas | ver̃slai |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | ver̃slo | ver̃slų |
| dative (naudininkas) | ver̃slui | ver̃slams |
| accusative (galininkas) | ver̃slą | verslùs |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | verslù | ver̃slais |
| locative (vietininkas) | verslè | ver̃sluose |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | ver̃sle | ver̃slai |
Further reading
- “verslas”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025
- Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965) “ver̃slas”, in Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume II, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 1227