verslas

Lithuanian

Etymology

According to Fraenkel, from the same root as versti (“to cause to fall; to convert”), virsti, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wert-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [²ˈʋʲɛrˑslɐs]
• Rhymes: -ɛrˑslɐs
• Syllabification: ver̃‧slas

Noun

ver̃slas m (plural ver̃slai) stress pattern 2

1. business (commercial or professional activity performed for profit)

Declension

Declension of ver̃slas

	singular	plural
nominative	ver̃slas	ver̃slai
genitive	ver̃slo	ver̃slų
dative	ver̃slui	ver̃slams
accusative	ver̃slą	verslùs
instrumental	verslù	ver̃slais
locative	verslè	ver̃sluose
vocative	ver̃sle	ver̃slai

Further reading

• “verslas”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2026
• Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965), “ver̃slas”, in Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume II, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 1227