purvas

Lithuanian

Kiaulės purve.

Etymology

From an uncertain Proto-Indo-European root shared with Albanian purth (“diarrhea”) and Latvian pùrvs (“swamp”), which see for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [²ˈpʊrˑʋɐs]
• Rhymes: -ʊrˑʋɐs
• Syllabification: pur̃‧vas

Noun

pur̃vas m (plural purvai̇̃) stress pattern 4

1. mud
2. dirt, filth

   Synonym: nešvarumai

Declension

Declension of pur̃vas

	singular	plural
nominative	pur̃vas	purvai̇̃
genitive	pur̃vo	purvų̃
dative	pur̃vui	purváms
accusative	pur̃vą	purvùs
instrumental	purvù	purvai̇̃s
locative	purvè	purvuosè
vocative	pur̃ve	purvai̇̃

References

• Orel, V. E. (2000). A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language: Reconstruction of Proto-Albanian. Germany: Brill, p. 45

Further reading

• “purvas”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2026
• “purvas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012