Noun: sērs
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Gender:
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Singular
| Nominative | sērs |
| Accusative | sēru |
| Genitive | sēra |
| Dative | sēram |
| Instrumental | sēru |
| Locative | sērā |
| Vocative | sēr |
Plural
Sample Sentences
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aktīvais sērs (active sulfur)
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organiskais sērs (organic sulfur)
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sēra trioksīds (sulfur trioxide)
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sēra atrades (sulfur deposits)
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sēra savienojumi (sulfur compounds)
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sēra peldes (sulfur baths)
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auss sērs (earwax)
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sēra korķis (ear cork (= a lump of earwax in the ear))
Nouns inflected like sērs
selēns,
pēkšņums,
valodīgums,
skandijs,
žiglums,
izbrīns,
vēsums,
paradoksālums,
vājums,
badmintons,
oglekļa dioksīds,
lourensijs,
darba lauks,
plānums,
baigums,
sāļums,
adrenalīns,
rēnijs,
rādijs,
brūnums, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. From 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 Lithuanian sierà, Russian се́ра (séra), Latin serum (“whey”).
2. Some specialists believe, however, that sērs is a 13th-century borrowing from 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. See: Latin Nouns '
serum'.
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