darbs

English

Noun

darbs

1. Plural form of darb

Anagrams

• bards
• brads
• drabs

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Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *dar-bas, from Proto-Indo-European *der-, *dar- (“to tear, to split”). The original meaning was, according to some researchers, “till,” “plow” (cf. Russian дерба (derbá, “breaking; newly ploughed field”); the object of this work is Old Norse torf, torfa (“turf, sod, peat”), German Torf (“peat”), English turf, which has the same origin as Russian дёрн (djorn, “sod, turf”)) or, according to others, “wicker-work, wattling, weaving” (cf. Belarusian дораб (dórab, “basket”) (< Proto-Slavic *dorbь), доровиць (doróvits', “to bend”)). Cognates include Lithuanian dárbas.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [dârbs]

Noun

darbs m, 1st declension

1. work (noun), job, business

Declension

declension of darbs

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	darbs	darbi
accusative (akuzatīvs)	darbu	darbus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	darba	darbu
dative (datīvs)	darbam	darbiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	darbu	darbiem
locative (lokatīvs)	darbā	darbos
vocative (vokatīvs)	darb	darbi

Derived terms

darba lauks, darbalauks darbarīks darbība darbīgs

darbinieks, darbiniece darbistaba, darba istaba darboties iedarbe, iedarbība, iedarbīgs

References