верша

Russian

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈvʲerʂə]

Noun

ве́рша • (vérša) f inan (genitive ве́рши, nominative plural ве́рши, genitive plural верш or ве́ршей)

  1. fish-trap
Declension
Declension of ве́рша (inan fem-form sibilant-stem accent-a irreg) 
singular plural
nominative ве́рша
vérša		 ве́рши
vérši
genitive ве́рши
vérši		 ве́рш, ве́ршей△
vérš, véršej△
dative ве́рше
vérše		 ве́ршам
véršam
accusative ве́ршу
véršu		 ве́рши
vérši
instrumental ве́ршей, ве́ршею
véršej, véršeju		 ве́ршами
véršami
prepositional ве́рше
vérše		 ве́ршах
véršax

△ Irregular.

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [vʲɪrˈʂa]

Participle

верша́ • (veršá)

  1. present adverbial imperfective participle of верши́ть (veršítʹ)
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