[ˈvârdɛ]
CilmeFrom Proto-Baltic *war-, *wer- with an extra -de, from Proto-Indo-European *werh₁-, a stem used to form words that imitate human and animal voices (compare vārds (“word, name”)). Cognates include Lithuanian varlė̃ (with a different suffix). A different hypothesis derives it from Proto-Indo-European *word-, which also yielded with Old Armenian գորտ (gort).
- declension-5frog (small, tailless amphibian (order: Anura) which typically hops)
“zaļā varde” — green frog
“ezera varde” — lake frog
“purva varde” — marsh frog
Formasvar̂de(canonical, feminine) · varde(nominative, singular) · vardes(nominative, plural) · vardes(genitive, singular) · varžu(genitive, plural) · vardei(dative, singular) · vardēm(dative, plural) · vardi(accusative, singular) · vardes(accusative, plural) · vardi(instrumental, singular) · vardēm(instrumental, plural) · vardē(locative, singular) · vardēs(locative, plural) · varde(singular, vocative) · vardes(plural, vocative)