[ˈvāːɾna]
CilmeFrom an earlier *varna (where the intonation later caused lengthening: ar̄ > āːr), from Proto-Baltic *war- with an extra -nā, from Proto-Indo-European *war-, *wer- (“to burn; to be black”). A parallel masculine counterpart must have existed, from Proto-Baltic *war-no-, *war-nyo-; cf. Lithuanian var̃nas, Old Prussian warnis, Russian во́рон (vóron) (< Proto-Slavic *vronъ). In Latvian, a masculine form vārnis is attested only in folk tales. Cognates include Lithuanian várna, Old Prussian warne, Proto-Slavic *vorna (Old Church Slavonic врана (vrana), Russian, Ukrainian воро́на (voróna), Belarusian варо́на (varóna), Bulgarian вра́на (vrána), Czech vrána, Polish wrona), Tocharian B wrauña.
- declension-4, femininecrow (several species of passerine birds of genus Corvus, esp. Corvus corone and Corvus cornix, with black or grayish black feathers)
“pelēkā, melnā vārna” — gray, black crow
“vārnu ligzda” — crow's nest
“vārnu olas” — crow's eggs
Formasvārna(nominative, singular) · vārnas(nominative, plural) · vārnas(genitive, singular) · vārnu(genitive, plural) · vārnai(dative, singular) · vārnām(dative, plural) · vārnu(accusative, singular) · vārnas(accusative, plural) · vārnu(instrumental, singular) · vārnām(instrumental, plural) · vārnā(locative, singular) · vārnās(locative, plural) · vārna(singular, vocative) · vārnas(plural, vocative) · vārne(alternative, archaic)
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