apvaras

Lithuanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Cognate with Proto-Slavic *obora (“string, twine”). Related to verti (“to pierce, string”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer- (“to cover, shut”).

Noun

ãpvaras m (plural apvaraĩ) stress pattern 3b

  1. cord, string, lace

Inflection
Declension of ãpvaras
singular (vienaskaita) plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) ãpvaras apvaraĩ
genitive (kilmininkas) ãpvaro apvarų̃
dative (naudininkas) ãpvarui apvaráms
accusative (galininkas) ãpvarą ãpvarus
instrumental (įnagininkas) ãpvaru apvaraĩs
locative (vietininkas) apvarè apvaruosè
vocative (šauksmininkas) ãpvare apvaraĩ

References
  • Derksen, Rick (2015) “apvaras”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 59

Further reading
  • “apvaras”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
  • “apvaras”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024
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