vasaris

Lithuanian

Alternative forms

vas. (abbreviation)

Etymology

From vãsara (“summer”); the term's ancestor, Proto-Indo-European *wósr̥, originally referred to "spring",^[1] and February is often colloquially considered a spring month.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ʋɐ²ˈsɑːrʲɪs]
Rhymes: -ɑːrʲɪs
Syllabification: va‧sã‧ris

Noun

vasãris m (plural vasãriai) stress pattern 2

February (second month of the Gregorian calendar)

Declension

Declension of **vasãris**
	singular	plural
nominative	vasãris	vasãriai
genitive	vasãrio	vasãrių
dative	vasãriui	vasãriams
accusative	vasãrį	vasariùs
instrumental	vasariù	vasãriais
locative	vasãryje	vasãriuose
vocative	vasãri	vasãriai

References

^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007), “vasãra”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Lithuanian Language]‎^[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Vilnius University, page 725

[1] Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007), “vasãra”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Lithuanian Language]‎^[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Vilnius University, page 725

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