Lithuanian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Cognate with Proto-Slavic *obora (string, twine). Related to verti (to pierce, string), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer- (to cover, shut).

Noun edit

ãpvaras m (plural apvaraĩ) stress pattern 3b

  1. cord, string, lace

Inflection edit

References edit

  • Derksen, Rick (2015) “apvaras”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 59

Further reading edit

  • apvaras”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
  • apvaras”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024