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Russian
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old East Slavic вьрша (vĭrša), from Proto-Slavic *vьrša (“fishing basket, fishing trap made of osiers”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ве́рша • (vérša) f inan (genitive ве́рши, nominative plural ве́рши, genitive plural верш or ве́ршей)
- fish-trap
Declension
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “верша”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Participle
верша́ • (veršá)
- present adverbial imperfective participle of верши́ть (veršítʹ)
Ukrainian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic вьрша (vĭrša), from Proto-Slavic *vьrša
Pronunciation
Noun
ве́рша • (vérša) f inan (genitive ве́рші, nominative plural ве́рші, genitive plural верш)
- fish-trap
Declension
Declension of ве́рша (inan semisoft fem-form accent-a)
References