vrsta

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vьrsta, from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to rotate, spin”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋř̩ːsta/
  • Hyphenation: vr‧sta

Noun

vŕsta f (Cyrillic spelling вр́ста)

  1. kind, sort
  2. species
  3. variety
  4. row of sportsmen or soldiers
  5. (archaic) line, row of text in a book
    Synonym: redak
    • 1783, Досиѳеи Обрадовичь, Животь и приключенїя. Прва часть‎, Лаипсїк: Тїпографїя Браиткопфа, page 71:
      Нека свакь разсуди ко буде читати ове врсте, каква чувствованїя [...] могусе усеяти и у коренити у едно младо срце чрез сами еднодневни разговорь [...]
      Neka svakь razsudi ko bude čitati ove vrste, kakva čuvstvovanija moguse usejati i u koreniti u edno mlado srce črez sami ednodnevni razgovorь
      May everyone who will read these lines judge what feelings can be planted and take root in one young heart through a mere one-day dialogue
    • 1818, Вук Стефановић Караџић, Српски рјечник истолкован Њемачким и Латинским ријечима [Serbian Dictionary Explained with German and Latin Words]‎, Беч: gedruckt bei den P. P. Armeniern, page XVIII:
      тим би се код нас [у Рјечнику] могло уштеђети неколико врсти
      tim bi se kod nas moglo ušteđeti nekoliko vrsti
      that way several lines could've been saved for other purposes
  6. (archaic) verse (of a poem)
    Synonym: stih
    • 1841, Вук Стефановић Караџић, Српске народне пјесме. Књига прва, у којој су различне женске пјесме‎, Беч: Штампарија Јерменскога манастира, page 1:
      Л е л е љ а л е припијева се уза сваку врсту.
      L e l e lj a l e pripijeva se uza svaku vrstu.
      L e l e lj a l e is sung after each verse.

Declension

Declension of vrsta
singular plural
nominative vŕsta vŕste
genitive vŕstē vŕstā / vŕstī
dative vŕsti vŕstama
accusative vŕstu vŕste
vocative vȓsto vŕste / vȓstearchaic
locative vŕsti vŕstama
instrumental vŕstōm vŕstama

Related terms

Slovene

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vьrsta, from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to rotate, spin”).

Pronunciation

Noun

vŕsta f

  1. queue, line
  2. type
  3. kind, sort
  4. species

Inflection

 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. vŕsta
gen. sing. vŕste
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		vŕsta vŕsti vŕste
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		vŕste vŕst vŕst
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		vŕsti vŕstama vŕstam
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		vŕsto vŕsti vŕste
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		vŕsti vŕstah vŕstah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		vŕsto vŕstama vŕstami

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “vrsta”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
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