Infinitive
varbi
Forms
Tenses
| Present | varbas |
| Past | varbis |
| Future | varbos |
| Conditional | varbus |
| Imperative | varbu! |
Participles
| Active past | varbinta |
| Active present | varbanta |
| Active future | varbonta |
| Passive past | varbita |
| Passive present | varbta |
| Passive future | varbota |
Etymology
Derived from German werben, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hwerbaną (“to turn; to move; to change”). Compare Dutch werven (“to recruit”), English wharve (“to turn over”), Swedish värva (“to recruit”), Russian вербова́ть (verbovátʹ, “to recruit, enlist”), Polish werbować (“to recruit, enroll”). See: German, old spelling '
werben', Proto-Germanic '
*hwerbaną', Dutch '
werven', English '
wharve', Swedish '
värva', Russian '
вербова́ть', Polish '
werbować'.
Sample Sentences
Translations
recruit, to supply with new men, as an army