šaurs
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
See also: saurs
Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Baltic *siauras, from Proto-Indo-European *sew- (“to bend, to cut, to drive”), with a suffix *-ro. The meaning evolved from “bent (inward), concave” to “narrow.” Cognates include Lithuanian siaűras.[1]
Alternatively, from Proto-Indo-European *sewh₁- (“to press, squeeze”) as in सुनोति (sunoti, “to press”).[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]
Adjective
[edit]šaurs (definite šaurais, comparative šaurāks, superlative visšaurākais, adverb šauri)
- narrow (having little breadth; having a relatively small distance from side to side, or (for round objects) a relatively small diameter)
- šaura iela, eja ― narrow street, passage
- šaurs koridors ― narrow corridor
- šauras kāpnes, durvis ― narrow stairs, door
- šaura gulta ― narrow bed
- šaura josta ― narrow belt
- šaurs trauks ― narrow bowl
- šaura seja, piere ― narrow face, forehead
- narrow (uncomfortable because of lack of space)
- šaurs dzīvoklis ― narrow (= stifling, too small) apartment
- (mathematics) acute
- šaurs leņķis ― acute angle (between 0° and 90°)
- (of clothes, shoes) tight
- kleita plecos ir šaura ― the dress is tight at the shoulder
- kurpes par šauram ― too tight shoes
- (phonetics) narrow, tense (pronounced with relatively small mouth opening)
- šaurais patskanis ― narrow, tense vowel
- šaurais e, ē ― narrow, tense e, ē (i.e., [ɛ] instead of [æ])
- (of social groups) narrow (including relatively few people)
- vārdi un frāzes, ko lieto tikai kāda šaura sociāla grupa ― words and phrases that only a certain narrow social group uses
- tās lasītāju loks tolaik bija diezgan šaurs ― its readership at the time was rather narrow
- narrow (a smaller subset of a larger domain of activity)
- šaura specializācija ― narrow specialty, specialization
- tematiski šaura izstāde ― thematically narrow exhibition
- (of vision; also thoughts, beliefs, ideas, etc.) narrow (lacking versality, breadth, depth)
- šaurs redzesloks ― narrow range of vision
- šaurs garīgais apvārsnis ― narrow spiritual horizon
- šaurs skatījums uz dzīvi ― narrow outlook on life
- šaurs uzskati ― narrow views, opinions
Declension
[edit]indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of šaurs
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) |
singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) | ||||||
| nominative (nominatīvs) | šaurs | šauri | šaura | šauras | |||||
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | šauru | šaurus | šauru | šauras | |||||
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | šaura | šauru | šauras | šauru | |||||
| dative (datīvs) | šauram | šauriem | šaurai | šaurām | |||||
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | šauru | šauriem | šauru | šaurām | |||||
| locative (lokatīvs) | šaurā | šauros | šaurā | šaurās | |||||
| vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||
Antonyms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “šaurs”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “siauras”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 396