kirvis

Lithuanian

Etymology

Cognate with Latvian cìrvis, possibly dialectal Russian черв (červ, “sickle”), черва́к (červák, “saw”).[1][2] Derksen reconstructs Proto-Balto-Slavic *kirw(i)os, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”), cf. skìrti, kir̃pti. Compare also Estonian kirves (“axe”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɪrvɪs/

Noun

kir̃vis m (plural kir̃viai) stress pattern 2

  1. (tool) axe[3]

Declension
Declension of kir̃vis
singular (vienaskaita) plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) kir̃vis kir̃viai
genitive (kilmininkas) kir̃vio kir̃vių
dative (naudininkas) kir̃viui kir̃viams
accusative (galininkas) kir̃vį kirviùs
instrumental (įnagininkas) kirviù kir̃viais
locative (vietininkas) kir̃vyje kir̃viuose
vocative (šauksmininkas) kir̃vi kir̃viai

Hypernyms

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2015) “kirvis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 248
  2. “kir̃vis” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–); p. 573 in ALEW 1.1 (online, 2019).
  3. “kirvis” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN
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