Latin

Noun

asarīs

1. dative plural of asarum
2. ablative plural of asarum

Latvian

Asaris

Alternative forms

• (dialectal forms) asars, aseris

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *ašerā, from Proto-Indo-European *aḱerā, from *aḱ-, *h₂ḱ- ‎(“sharp, pointed, angular; stone”) (whence also ass ‎(“sharp”), q.v.), with a suffix -er (< *-ros), 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 ‎(“corner; edge; blade”), Sanskrit अश्रिः ‎(áśriḥ, “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”)). ^[1]

Noun

asaris m (2nd declension)

1. European perch (species of fish, Perca fluviatilis, with black back, greenish sides and abdomen, and reddish belly)

   izmakšķerēt asari‎ ― to fish, catch a perch

   jūras asaris‎ ― redfish (lit. sea perch)

Declension

References

1. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “asaris”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7