Noun: airis
Hyphenation:
Gender:
Declension:
Singular
| Nominative | airis |
| Accusative | airi |
| Genitive | aira |
| Dative | airim |
| Instrumental | airi |
| Locative | airī |
| Vocative | airi |
Plural
| Nominative | airi |
| Accusative | airus |
| Genitive | airu |
| Dative | airiem |
| Instrumental | airiem |
| Locative | airos |
| Vocative | airi |
Sample Sentences
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divi airi (two paddles, oars)
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airu laiva (rowboat (lit. oar boat))
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cilāt airus (to lift the oars)
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iegremdēt airus ūdenī (to put (lit. insert) the oars in the water)
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sēsties airos, pie airiem (to sit at the oars (= to prepare for oaring, paddling))
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Griniņš ievilka airus un ļāva laivai slīdēt lēni uz priekšu (Griniņš pulled the oars and let the book slide slowly forward)
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nolicis airi, noliecos pār laivas malu un sāku raut ūdens augus (letting go of the oar, he leaned over the boat edge and began to pluck the aquatic plants)
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nosēdies airos, Pičs ar vienmērīgiem un spēcīgiem vēzieniem dzina laivu uz priekšu (having sat at the oars, Pičs drove the boat forward with steady, strong strokes)
Nouns inflected like airis
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
There are different hypotheses on the origin of this word. Some propose to derive it from Proto-Baltic *air-, from Proto-Indo-European *ey-, *oy- (“pole, post”) with an extra r. Others derive it from the same stem as Latvian vairīt “to avoid; to dodge,” with loss of the initial v. Others yet consider it an old borrowing from a Germanic language (cf. Old Norse ár, Old English ār, English oar, all from Proto-Germanic *airō), possibly mediated by Livonian āiraz (from Proto-Finnic *airo). Cognates include Lithuanian ai̇̃rė. See: Old Norse Nouns '
ár', English Nouns '
oar'.
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