darbas
Lithuanian
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Etymology
[edit]From the same root as dìrbti (“to work”); see there for more.[1] Cognate with Latvian darbs; outside of Baltic, according to Brückner, this term is also related to Polish drabina (“ladder”).[2]
Noun
[edit]dárbas m (plural darbaĩ) stress pattern 3
- work, job[3]
- 1566-1570, Martynas Mažvydas, Gesmes Chriksczoniskas:
- Jei darba ſawa rąkeliu walgijſi
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1566-1570, Martynas Mažvydas, Gesmes Chriksczoniskas:
Declension
[edit]Declension of dárbas
| singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | dárbas | darbaĩ |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | dárbo | darbų̃ |
| dative (naudininkas) | dárbui | darbáms |
| accusative (galininkas) | dárbą | dárbus |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | dárbu | darbaĩs |
| locative (vietininkas) | darbè | darbuosè |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | dárbe | darbaĩ |
Derived terms
[edit]nouns derived from darbas
- bedarbis m / bedarbė f
- darbadienis m
- darbymetis m
- darbininkas m / darbininkė f
(verb):
(adjectives):
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “darbas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 115
- ^ Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “drab”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna, page 94
- ^ “darbas” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN