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Webster 1913 Edition
Are
Are
.[AS. (Northumbrian)
aron
, akin to the 1st pers. pl. forms, Icel. erum
, Goth. sijum
, L. sumus
, Gr. [GREEK], Skr. smas
; all from a root as
. [GREEK] See Am
and Is
, and cf. Be
.] The present indicative plural of the substantive verb to be; but etymologically a different word from be, or was. Am, art, are, and is, all come from the root as.
Are
,Noun.
[F., fr. L.
area
. See Area
.] (Metric system)
The unit of superficial measure, being a square of which each side is ten meters in length; 100 square meters, or about 119.6 square yards.
Webster 1828 Edition
Are
ARE.
The plural of the substantive verb; but a different word from be, am or was. It is usually pronounced ar.Definition 2024
āre
āre
Latvian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [âːɾɛ]
Noun
āre f (5th declension)
- (poetic) open space, open; cultivated land, fields
- traktoru rūkoņa kolhoza ārēs jau bija apklususi ― the tractors' noise in the cultivated land of the kolkhoz had already silenced
- kalni dun un ielejas / meži šalc sev pāri / vēsts šī dziesmā ielejas / plūst pār dzimto āri ― the mountains and valleys rumble / the forests rustle / the message in this song (over) the valleys / flows, over (our) native open space
- marts liegu dūmaku pār birzīm klāj, / ar smaržām piepilda ik āri ― (the month of) March covered the groves (with) a gentle haze, / it filled each cultivated field with a (pleasant) scent
Declension
Declension of āre (5th declension)
Synonyms
Etymology 2
Unclear.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [āːɾɛ]
Interjection
āre
- look!; see? (used to draw the listener's attention to something, be it a physical object or an idea, a thought)
- āre, tur jau viņš nāk! ― look! there he comes!
- āre, kur ir! ― look where (he, she, it) is! look, there (he, she, it) is!
- āre, nebija vis tā, kā tu teici! ― see? it wasn't all as you said (it would be)!
- pagāja vēl kādi gadi, un āre - Roplains vairs neslīdēja uz leju, bet sāka celties ― a few more years passed, and now look: Roplains was not sliding down anymore, he began to go up
Synonyms
References
- ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “āre”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7
Tocharian A
Etymology
From Proto-Tocharian, from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h₂erh₃- (“to plough”). Compare Tocharian B āre.
Noun
āre
Tocharian B
Etymology
From Proto-Tocharian, from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h₂erh₃- (“to plough”). Compare Tocharian A āre.
Noun
āre