žvirblis

See also: zvirblis

Lithuanian

Etymology

Related to Latvian zvirbulis (“sparrow”), Polish wróbel, Slovene vrábelj < Proto-Slavic *vorbъlь, *vorbьjь (“sparrow”). Akin to Proto-Indo-European *(s)werbʰ- +‎ -ulis. The o-grade in the Slavic forms is reflected in žvarbus (“sharp, piercing”). The initial ž- can be identified with an original s-mobile, with later assimilation to the following -v-, compare Serbo-Croatian srābȁc, Bulgarian dialectal шво́роб (švórob); compare also Proto-Slavic *svorbъ (“itch”), Russian сво́роб (svórob), Slovene srȃb (“scabies”). Alternatively, the ž- may have appeared by analogy with žvyrė (“ptarmigan”), Latvian dialectal žvīgurs (“sparrow”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʒvʲɪ͡rbʲ.lʲɪs/

Noun

žvìrblis m (plural žvìrbliai) stress pattern 1

sparrow (bird from the genus Passer, commonly Passer domesticus)

Declension

declension of žvirblis

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	žvìrblis	žvìrbliai
genitive (kilmininkas)	žvìrblio	žvìrblių
dative (naudininkas)	žvìrbliui	žvìrbliams
accusative (galininkas)	žvìrblį	žvìrblius
instrumental (įnagininkas)	žvìrbliu	žvìrbliais
locative (vietininkas)	žvìrblyje	žvìrbliuose
vocative (šauksmininkas)	žvìrbli	žvìrbliai

Derived terms

terms derived from žvirblis

žvirblinis, žvirbliniai
žvirbliškas
žvirbliukas
žvirbliūkštis
žvirbliauti
žvirblinėti
žvirbliarūtė
žvirbliamušis m, žvirbliamušė f
karklažvirblis