keras

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Lithuanian

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *k(ʷ)er(H)-. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *kory (root) and Latvian cȩrs (bush, knotty root of a tree).

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Noun

kẽras m (plural keraĩ) stress pattern 4

  1. bush, shrub
Declension

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Balto-Slavic *ker-, *kēr-, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *kʷer-. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *čarъ (magic, sorcery).

Noun

kẽras m (plural keraĩ) stress pattern 4

  1. divination, sorcery, enchantment
Declension

References

  • keras”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
  • Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 78f; 237

Malay

Adjective

kĕras

  1. hard, stiff
  2. rigid, inflexible
  3. obstinate

Derived terms