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zarna

zarna

See also: zarnā and zârnă

Latvian

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(Cilvēka) zarnas

ķermenis
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ķermenis

Noun

zarna f (4th declension)

  1. (anatomy, often plural) intestine, bowel (part of the digestive tract between the stomach and the anus)
    zarnu trakts‎ ― intestinal tract
    zarnu sieniņa‎ ― intestinal wall
    tievā zarna‎ ― small (lit. thin) intestine
    resnā zarna‎ ― colon (lit. fat intestine)
    taisnā zarna‎ ― rectum (lit. straight intestine)
    zarnu darbība‎ ― bowel movement (lit. intestine activity)
    zarnu slimības‎ ― intestinal diseases
    zarnu iekaisums‎ ― intestinal inflammation
    zarnu parazīti‎ ― intestinal parasites

Declension

References

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

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *žer-, *žar- (with an extra suffix *-nā), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- ‎(“bowel, intestine”). In the 17th and 18th centuries, several variants of this stem are attested: zarnis, zarns, sarna. Cognates include Lithuanian žárna, žarnà, Old Norse gǫrn, Old High German, Middle Low German garn ‎(“yarn”), German Garn ‎(“yarn”), Albanian zorrë ‎(“intestine”), Sanskrit हिरः ‎(hiraḥ, “tape, stripe”), हिरा ‎(hirā, “vein”), Ancient Greek χορδή ‎(khordḗ), Latin haruspex ‎(“diviner who reads the intestines of sacrificed animals”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [zâɾna]

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