ašara

See also: asara, asará, asarā, asară, and ašarą

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic (compare Latvian asara), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éḱru, perhaps from a compound *dr̥ḱ-h₂eḱru- (literally “eye bitter”) (compare *dáḱru-). Cognate with Ancient Greek δάκρυ (dákru), Sanskrit अश्रु (aśru), English tear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaːʃɐɾɐ]

Noun

ãšara f (plural ãšaros) stress pattern 1

1. tear
2. pearl

Declension

Declension of ãšara

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	ãšara	ãšaros
genitive (kilmininkas)	ãšaros	ãšarų
dative (naudininkas)	ãšarai	ãšaroms
accusative (galininkas)	ãšarą	ãšaras
instrumental (įnagininkas)	ãšara	ãšaromis
locative (vietininkas)	ãšaroje	ãšarose
vocative (šauksmininkas)	ãšara	ãšaros