jērs

See also: jers

Latvian
Auns un jērs

Etymology

Cognate with Lithuanian ėras, Lithuanian ėriukas (“lamb”), and likely also with Latin aries (“ram”), Ancient Greek ἔριφος (ériphos, “goat kid”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [jǣːɾs]
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Noun

jērs m (1st declension)

  1. young or baby sheep, lamb
    jēra gaļa ― lamb meat, mutton
    lēns kā jērs ― slow as a lamb

Declension
Declension of jērs (1st declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) jērs jēri
accusative (akuzatīvs) jēru jērus
genitive (ģenitīvs) jēra jēru
dative (datīvs) jēram jēriem
instrumental (instrumentālis) jēru jēriem
locative (lokatīvs) jērā jēros
vocative (vokatīvs) jēr jēri

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