tarnyba

Lithuanian

Etymology

From tarnauti (“to serve”) +‎ -yba (“noun-forming suffix”).

Noun

tarnýba f (plural tarnýbos) stress pattern 1

1. duties, work

   Synonym: darbas

2. workplace

   Synonym: darbovietė

3. military service
4. specialized area of work or department

   žvalgybos tarnyba ― intelligence service

Declension

Declension of tarnýba

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	tarnýba	tarnýbos
genitive (kilmininkas)	tarnýbos	tarnýbų
dative (naudininkas)	tarnýbai	tarnýboms
accusative (galininkas)	tarnýbą	tarnýbas
instrumental (įnagininkas)	tarnýba	tarnýbomis
locative (vietininkas)	tarnýboje	tarnýbose
vocative (šauksmininkas)	tarnýba	tarnýbos

Further reading

• “tarnyba”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024