asaris

Latin

Noun

asarīs

1. dative/ablative plural of asarum

Latvian

Asaris

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”)).

Noun

asaris m (2nd declension)

1. 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

Declension of asaris (2nd 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