Noun: asara
Hyphenation:
Gender: Feminine
Declension:
Singular
| Nominative | asara |
| Accusative | asaru |
| Genitive | asaras |
| Dative | asarai |
| Instrumental | asaru |
| Locative | asarā |
| Vocative | asara |
Plural
| Nominative | asaras |
| Accusative | asaras |
| Genitive | asaru |
| Dative | asarām |
| Instrumental | asarām |
| Locative | asarās |
| Vocative | asaras |
Sample Sentences
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asaru dziedzeri (tear glands)
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asaru pilnas acis (eyes full of tears)
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prieka asaras acīs (tears of joy in the eyes)
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asaras saskrēja viņai acīs (tears came (lit. ran) to her (in the) eyes)
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asaras plūst aumaļām (tears are flowing in streams)
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smieties līdz asarām (to laugh to tears)
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asaru gāze (tear gas)
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asaru šķidrums satur brīnišķīgu vielu, kura spēj nonāvēt mikrobus (the lacrimal fluid contains a clear substance capable of killing germs)
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lēni norit liela asara (a big teardrop slowly ran down)
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asaras mācas virsū (tears are gathering)
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asaras aizžņaudz kaklu (tears (= crying) strangled (his) neck)
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būt tuvu asarām (to be close to tears (i.e., about to cry))
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ļaut asarām vaļu (to let the tears out)
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raudāt rūgtas, gaužas asaras (to cry bitter tears)
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caur asarām runāt, smaidīt (to speak, to smile through tears (i.e., while crying))
Nouns inflected like asara
tulkošana,
secība,
sezona,
saruna,
sajūta,
samaņa,
smarža,
skudra,
sklēra,
muļķība,
pirmdiena,
bebrāda,
skaudība,
kaklarota,
psihiatrija,
vīksna,
vīnoga,
izmaksa,
sešpaka,
melnaugļu aronija, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. From Proto-Baltic *ašar-, from Proto-Indo-European *aḱr(u).
2. Cognates include Lithuanian ašara, Sanskrit अश्रु (aśru), Avestan 𐬀𐬯𐬭𐬏 (asrū), Tocharian A ākär, perhaps also Hittite [Term?] (/išẖaẖru/), [Term?] (/ešẖaẖru/) (< [Term?] (/*išẖakru/)), if the initial iš is, as has been suggested, the reflex of an s-mobile; with an extra initial element *dr̥ḱ- (perhaps “bitter”), also Ancient Greek δάκρυ (dákru), Latin lacrima (from older dacrima, dacruma), Proto-Germanic *tahrą (whence English tear). See: Ancient Greek Nouns '
δάκρυ', Latin Nouns '
lacrima', English Nouns '
tear'.
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