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Lithuanian
Etymology
In ablaut with sverti (“to weigh”), svaras (“pound”), svarus (“heavy”), svirti (“to bend, decline”), Latvian svērt, svars. Possibly related to Proto-Germanic *swēraz (“heavy”), Latin sērius (“serious”).
Noun
svõris m (plural svõriai) stress pattern 2
- (physics) weight (heaviness of an object)
- Synonyms: svarumas, sunkumas
- weight (heavy object)
- Synonyms: svarstis, svarlys
- (figuratively) influence, authority
- Synonyms: įtaka, autoritetas
Declension
Further reading
- “svoris”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
- Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965) “svãras”, in Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume II, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 949