sērs

See also: sers and Sers

Latvian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to flow, run”), based either on sulfur's sharp taste, or on a development like “liquid” > “substance that flows easily” > “sulfur”. Cognates include Russian се́ра (séra), Latin serum (“whey”). Some specialists believe, however, that sērs is a 13th-century borrowing from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old East Slavic (сѣр (sěr), сѣра (sěra)). At any rate, even if the word is not borrowed, its shape may have been influenced by Old East Slavic or Russian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sǣːrs]

Noun

Chemical element
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sērs m (1st declension)

1. sulfur (nonmentallic chemical element with atomic number 16)

   aktīvais sērs ― active sulfur

   organiskais sērs ― organic sulfur

   sēra trioksīds ― sulfur trioxide

   sēra atrades ― sulfur deposits

   sēra savienojumi ― sulfur compounds

   sēra peldes ― sulfur baths

2. earwax (waxy substance secreted by the ear)

   auss sērs ― earwax

   sēra korķis ― ear cork (= a lump of earwax in the ear)

Declension

Declension of sērs (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	sērs	—
accusative (akuzatīvs)	sēru	—
genitive (ģenitīvs)	sēra	—
dative (datīvs)	sēram	—
instrumental (instrumentālis)	sēru	—
locative (lokatīvs)	sērā	—
vocative (vokatīvs)	sēr	—

Derived terms

• auss sērs