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Etymology edit

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *dirˀwāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *dŕ̥Hweh₂.[1] Cognate with Latvian dirva,[1] Russian дере́вня (derévnja, village)[1] and Sanskrit दूर्वा (dū́rvā-, panic grass).[1] See also dìrti (to flay).

Pronunciation edit

  • (dir) IPA(key): /dʲɪrˈvɐ/
  • (dir̃va) IPA(key): /ˈdʲɪrvɐ/

Noun edit

dirvà f stress pattern 2 [2]

  1. soil, land
    šlapia dirva - wet land
    dirvą arti - to plough the soil
  2. (figuratively) field

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References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 136. →ISBN
  2. ^ “dirva” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
  • “dirva” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN