Russian edit

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Old East Slavic вьрша (vĭrša), from Proto-Slavic *vьrša (fishing basket, fishing trap made of osiers).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ве́рша (véršaf inan (genitive ве́рши, nominative plural ве́рши, genitive plural верш or ве́ршей)

  1. fish-trap
Declension edit

References edit

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “верша”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

Participle edit

верша́ (veršá)

  1. present adverbial imperfective participle of верши́ть (veršítʹ)