Latvian

Adjective

šaurs (def. šaurais, comp. šaurāks, sup. visšaurākais; adv. šauri)

1. narrow (having little breadth; having a relatively small distance from side to side, or (for round objects) a relatively small diameter)

   šaura iela, eja‎ ― narrow street, passage

   šaurs koridors‎ ― narrow corridor

   šauras kāpnes, durvis‎ ― narrow stairs, door

   šaura gulta‎ ― narrow bed

   šaura josta‎ ― narrow belt

   šaurs trauks‎ ― narrow bowl

   šaura seja, piere‎ ― narrow face, forehead

2. narrow (uncomfortable because of lack of space)

   šaurs dzīvoklis‎ ― narrow (= stifling, too small) apartment

3. (mathematics) acute

   šaurs leņķis‎ ― acute angle (between 0° and 90°)

4. (of clothes, shoes) tight

   kleita plecos ir šaura‎ ― the dress is tight at the shoulder

   kurpes par šauram‎ ― too tight shoes

5. (phonetics) narrow, tense (pronounced with relatively small mouth opening)

   šaurais patskanis‎ ― narrow, tense vowel

   šaurais e, ē‎ ― narrow, tense e, ē (i.e., [ɛ] instead of [æ])

6. (of social groups) narrow (including relatively few people)

   vārdi un frāzes, ko lieto tikai kāda šaura sociāla grupa‎ ― words and phrases that only a certain narrow social group uses

   tās lasītāju loks tolaik bija diezgan šaurs‎ ― its readership at the time was rather narrow

7. narrow (a smaller subset of a larger domain of activity)

   šaura specializācija‎ ― narrow specialty, specialization

   tematiski šaura izstāde‎ ― thematically narrow exhibition

8. (of vision; also thoughts, beliefs, ideas, etc.) narrow (lacking versality, breadth, depth)

   šaurs redzesloks‎ ― narrow range of vision

   šaurs garīgais apvārsnis‎ ― narrow spiritual horizon

   šaurs skatījums uz dzīvi‎ ― narrow outlook on life

   šaurs uzskati‎ ― narrow views, opinions

Declension

Antonyms

• plašs
• plats

References

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