varpas

Lithuanian

Etymology 1

Related to virpėti (to tremble, quiver), virpulys (trembling). There are 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). Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *werb- (to twist, turn), shared with Latin verber, Proto-Germanic *warpą, Ancient Greek ῥάπτω (rháptō), dial. Slovene vŕpati (to turn, to grab, to ditch), dial. Russian верпеть (verpetʹ, to spring), Bulgarian върпина (vǎrpina, pond, whirlpool).

Noun

var̃pas m stress pattern 4

  1. bell
Declension

Noun

várpas

  1. accusative plural of varpa
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