jūra

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See also: jura, Jura, jurá, jūrā, and jūrą

Latvian

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Jūra

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic [Term?] *jaur-, *jūr-, from Proto-Indo-European *aw(e)r-, *ūr- with an added initial y, from *aw-, *awe- (to wet, to moisten, to flow) with a suffix -r. The initial *y may result from metathesis in *awer- (> *ew(a)r-, *eur-), or from the influence of some other Proto-Indo-European root like *(e)rey-, *(e)rew- (to flow) (metathesized into *ewr-). The original meaning was thus “wet, swampy place” (cf. Lithuanian jáuris (swamp) < Proto-Baltic *jaur-), whence “lake” (still attested in old folk tales, and also in borrowings into Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value "fiu-fin" is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF.: Livonian jõra, Estonian järv, Finnish järvi, Sami jaura, jawre, jávri) and finally “sea.” Cognates include Lithuanian jū́ra, dialectal jūrė, plural jū́ros, jū́rios, jū́rės (cf. Latvian dialectal jūre, jūris, plural jūres), Old Prussian iūrin, *jūren, *jūrʲai, Armenian ջուր (ǰur, water), Albanian hurdë (deep place; pond; swamp); without the initial *y, also Old Norse ūr (drizzle), ȳra (to drizzle), Latin ūrīnō (to dive, to plunge into water), ūrīna (urine).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

jūra f (4th declension)

  1. (geography) sea (large body of salty water)
    Baltijas jūraBaltic Sea
    Melnā jūraBlack Sea
    jūras krasts, ūdens, vējšsea coast, water, wind
    peldēt jūrāto swim in the sea
    jūras slimībasea sickness
    iziet jūrāto go on sea, to sail, to set off
    virs, zem jūrās līmeņaabove, below sea level
  2. (astronomy) sea (dark areas on the surface of the Moon or other natural satellites)
    mēness jūramoon mare
  3. (figuratively) very large quantity or amount (of something)
    ziedu jūrasea of flowers
    liesmu jūrasea of flames

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References

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “jūra”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

Noun

jū́ra f (plural jū́ros) stress pattern 1

  1. sea

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Samogitian

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Noun

jūra f (plural jūras)

  1. sea