[ʃàuɾs]
CilmeFrom Proto-Baltic *siauras, from Proto-Indo-European *sew- (“to bend, to cut, to drive”), with a suffix *-ro. The meaning evolved from “bent (inward), concave” to “narrow.” Cognates include Lithuanian siaűras.
Alternatively, from Proto-Indo-European *sewh₁- (“to press, squeeze”) as in सुनोति (sunoti, “to press”).
- 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
- narrow (uncomfortable because of lack of space)
“šaurs dzīvoklis” — narrow (= stifling, too small) apartment
- acute
“šaurs leņķis” — acute angle (between 0° and 90°)
- tight
“kleita plecos ir šaura” — the dress is tight at the shoulder
“kurpes par šauram” — too tight shoes
- 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])
- 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
- narrow (a smaller subset of a larger domain of activity)
“šaura specializācija” — narrow specialty, specialization
“tematiski šaura izstāde” — thematically narrow exhibition
- usuallynarrow (lacking versality, breadth, depth)
“šaurs redzesloks” — narrow range of vision
“šaurs garīgais apvārsnis” — narrow spiritual horizon
“šaurs skatījums uz dzīvi” — narrow outlook on life
Formasšaurais(definite) · šaurāks(comparative) · visšaurākais(superlative) · šauri(adverb) · šaurs(masculine, nominative, singular) · šauri(masculine, nominative, plural) · šaura(feminine, nominative, singular) · šauras(feminine, nominative, plural) · šaura(genitive, masculine, singular) · šauru(genitive, masculine, plural) · šauras(feminine, genitive, singular) · šauru(feminine, genitive, plural) · šauram(dative, masculine, singular) · šauriem(dative, masculine, plural) · šaurai(dative, feminine, singular) · šaurām(dative, feminine, plural) · šauru(accusative, masculine, singular) · šaurus(accusative, masculine, plural) · šauru(accusative, feminine, singular) · šauras(accusative, feminine, plural)