Noun: asaris
Hyphenation:
Gender: Masculine
Declension:
Singular
| Nominative | asaris |
| Accusative | asari |
| Genitive | asara |
| Dative | asarim |
| Instrumental | asari |
| Locative | asarī |
| Vocative | asari |
Plural
| Nominative | asari |
| Accusative | asarus |
| Genitive | asaru |
| Dative | asariem |
| Instrumental | asariem |
| Locative | asaros |
| Vocative | asari |
Sample Sentences
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izmakšķerēt asari (to fish, catch a perch)
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jūras asaris (redfish (lit. sea perch))
Nouns inflected like asaris
sarķis,
skuķis,
ķauķis,
septembris,
bumbieris,
trijstūris,
pulveris,
zeņķis,
mūziķis,
pareģis,
dziedzeris,
smiltsērkšķis,
fonētiķis,
gaisakuģis,
rūķītis,
pērtiķis,
sliņķis,
gramatiķis,
finieris,
āzenis, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. From Proto-Balto-Slavic *ašerā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱereh₂, from *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed, angular; stone”) (whence also ass (“sharp”), q.v.), with a suffix -er (< *-rós), 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 (ákron, “corner; edge; blade”), Sanskrit अश्रि (áśri, “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 (Polish dialectal jesiora (“fish bone”)).
2. Compare typologically Bulgarian костур (kostur), Proto-Germanic *barsaz (whence English bass, barse). See: Latin Nouns '
ācer'.
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