asaris
Latin
Noun
asarīs
- dative/ablative plural of asarum
Latvian
Alternative forms
- (dialectal forms) asars, aseris
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *ašerā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱereh₂, from *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed, angular; stone”) (whence also ass (“sharp”), q.v.), with a suffix -er (< *-rós), also found in other Indo-European words related to “sharpness” from other languages (compare Lithuanian ašrùs, Latin ācer (“sharp”), Ancient Greek ἄκρος (ákros, “at the edge; pointed, sharp”), ἄκρον (ákron, “corner; edge; blade”), Sanskrit अश्रि (áśri, “corner, edge, blade”)). In Latvian, the vowel in the suffix (e) assimilated to the preceding stem vowel (a); in Slavic languages, the stem vowel assimilated to the suffix vowel. Cognates include Lithuanian ešerỹs, dialectal ašerỹs, Proto-Slavic *esera (Polish dialectal jesiora (“fish bone”)). [1]
Noun
asaris m (2nd declension)
- European perch (species of fish, Perca fluviatilis, with black back, greenish sides and abdomen, and reddish belly)
- izmakšķerēt asari ― to fish, catch a perch
- jūras asaris ― redfish (lit. sea perch)
Declension
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | asaris | asari |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | asari | asarus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | asara | asaru |
| dative (datīvs) | asarim | asariem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | asari | asariem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | asarī | asaros |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | asari | asari |
References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “asaris”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN