spurga

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspur.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -urɡa
• Hyphenation: spùr‧ga

Verb

spurga

1. inflection of spurgare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Lithuanian

Etymology

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Noun

spùrga f (plural spùrgos) stress pattern 1

1. doughnut, donut

   Synonym: (proscribed) pončka

   varškės spurgos ― cheese curd doughnuts

2. drill bit

   Nekraipyk gręždamas, nes spurgą nulauši

   Do not twist when drilling, because you will break the drill bit

Usage notes

• pončka and pončkas, derived from Polish pączek, are not recommended for use by the Valstybinės lietuvių kalbos komisija, except in specific stylistic cases. Instead, the native word spurga should be used to denote "doughnut".

Declension

Declension of spùrga

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	spùrga	spùrgos
genitive (kilmininkas)	spùrgos	spùrgų
dative (naudininkas)	spùrgai	spùrgoms
accusative (galininkas)	spùrgą	spùrgas
instrumental (įnagininkas)	spùrga	spùrgomis
locative (vietininkas)	spùrgoje	spùrgose
vocative (šauksmininkas)	spùrga	spùrgos

Derived terms

• (diminutive): spurgytė

Further reading

• “spurga”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
• “spurga”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024