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Latvian
Noun
viršus m
- accusative plural of virsis
Lithuanian
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *wíršus, from Proto-Indo-European *wers-.[1][2][3] Cognate with Old Church Slavonic врьхъ (vrĭxŭ).
Pronunciation
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Noun
viršùs m (plural vir̃šūs) stress pattern 4
- top
- head
- upper part
- upper storey
Declension
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “top”): dugnas
- (antonym(s) of “upper part”): apačia
Derived terms
(Prepositions)
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “viršus”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 506
- ^ “viršùs” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–); p. 1450 in ALEW 1.1 (online, 2019).
- ^ “viršus”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
Further reading
- “viršus”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
- “viršus”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024