verslas

== Lithuanian == === Etymology === According to Fraenkel, from the same root as versti (“to cause to fall; to convert”), virsti, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wert-. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [²ˈʋʲɛrˑslɐs] Rhymes: -ɛrˑslɐs Syllabification: ver̃‧slas === Noun === ver̃slas m (plural ver̃slai) stress pattern 2 business (commercial or professional activity performed for profit) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “verslas”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2026 Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965), “ver̃slas”, in Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume II, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 1227