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varpas

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Lithuanian

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Etymology 1

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Related to virpėti (to tremble, quiver), virpulys (trembling), as "something that trembles" > "(a struck) bell".[1]

There is 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).

See also perhaps Slovene vŕpati (to turn, to grab, to ditch), dialectal Russian верпеть (verpetʹ, to spring), Bulgarian върпина (vǎrpina, pond, whirlpool).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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var̃pas m (plural varpaĩ) stress pattern 4

  1. bell
Declension
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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várpas

  1. accusative plural of várpa

References

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  1. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “var̃pas”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 723