vērsis

See also: versis, verŝis, Vērsis, and veršis

Latvian

Vērši

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wers-, *wr̥s- (“male”). Cognates include Lithuanian ver̃šis (“calf; (dialectal) ox”), Old Prussian werstian (“calf”) (maybe *wersistian?), Sanskrit वृष (vṛṣa, “bull; male”), वृषन् (vṛṣan, “man; stallion, ox”), Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬭𐬱𐬥𐬌‎ (varšni, “ram”), Latin verrēs (“boar”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [vɛ̀ːrsis]
  • (file)

Noun

vērsis m (2nd declension)

  1. ox (male cattle, usually castrated, often used as a beast of burden)
    darba vērsis ― working ox
    vēršu pajūgs ― oxcart
    vērša gaļa ― ox (= cow) meat, beef
    vēršu cīņas ― ox fight (= bullfight, in Spain)

Declension

See also

References

  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “vērsis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.