Latvian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [âːɾs]

Noun

ārs m (1st declension)

1. exterior, outside (the space in the outside of a building, house, etc.)

   skraidīt pa āru‎ ― to run outside

   āra gaiss slimniecei varēja nākt tikai par labu‎ ― outside air could only be a good thing for the hospital

   no āra ienāceji vispirms iekļuva virtuvē, tad mazajā istabiņā ar diviem lodziņiem‎ ― the newcomers from outside first went into the kitchen, then into a little room with two little windows

2. (chiefly genitive, used adjectivally) external, outside, outer

   āra logs‎ ― external, outside window

   āra durvis‎ ― outer door

3. out, outside (of something, some object)

   dīvānam vidū bija bedre un dažas atsperes izspiedušās uz āru‎ ― in the middle of the coach there was a hole and several springs were bulging out

4. (poetic) open space, open, outdoors; cultivated land, fields

   āros māsa uzaugusi, / aizved purva maliņā‎ ― (my) sister grew up in the open, / taken away to the edge of the swamp

   lūk, zeme zied; viens kūpošs ziedu ārs'‎ ― look! the earth is blooming; one hazy field of flowers!

Declension

Usage notes

The term ārs ‎(“exterior, outside”) is most often used as an adverb, in the locative (ārā), or then in compounds, in the genitive (āra), where it is usually reduced to ār-.

Synonyms

• (of "external, outer"): ārējs
• (of "outside (of something)"): ārpuse, āriene
• (of "open area"; poetic): āre

Antonyms

• (of "(area) outside"): iekša
• (of "out, outside"): iekšā
• (of "external, outer"): iekšējs

Derived terms

• ārpasaule
• ārprāts, ārprātīgs
• ārsiena
• ārvalsts
• ārzemes, ārzemnieks, ārzemniece

Etymology 2

Via some other European language, ultimately from French are, formed on the basis of Latin ārea ‎(“open space”) as a (rarely used) SI unit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [āːɾs]

Noun

ārs m (1st declension)

1. are (SI unit of area, equivalent to 100 square meters)

   netālu no Hjerkinnas (Norvēģijā) es dzelzceļa malā redzēju līdumu, 10 vai 15 āru platībā‎ ― not far from Hjerkinna (in Norway) I saw a clearing at the side of a railway, in area about 10 or 15 ares

Declension

References

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