āre
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "are"
Latvian
Etymology 1
Etymologically a variant of ārs (“outside, exterior”).[1]
Pronunciation
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
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
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