asaris
Latin
Noun
(deprecated template usage) asarīs
Latvian
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Alternative forms
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Baltic *ašerā, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *aḱerā, from *aḱ-, *h₂ḱ- (“sharp, pointed, angular; stone”) (whence also ass (“sharp”), q.v.), with a suffix -er (< *-ros), 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 (“corner; edge; blade”), Sanskrit अश्रिः (áśriḥ, “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 ((deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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
References
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “asaris”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
- Latvian etymologies from LEV
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- Latvian second declension nouns
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- lv:Fish