CilmeFrom Proto-Baltic *ašar-, from Proto-Indo-European *aḱr(u).
Cognates include Lithuanian ašara, Sanskrit अश्रु (aśru), Avestan 𐬀𐬯𐬭𐬏 (asrū), Tocharian A ākär, perhaps also Hittite [Term?] (/išẖaẖru/), [Term?] (/ešẖaẖru/) (< [Term?] (/*išẖakru/)), if the initial iš is, as has been suggested, the reflex of an s-mobile; with an extra initial element *dr̥ḱ- (perhaps “bitter”), also Ancient Greek δάκρυ (dákru), Latin lacrima (from older dacrima, dacruma), Proto-Germanic *tahrą (whence English tear).
- declension-4, feminine, in-pluraltears (clear, salty liquid produced by the eyes during crying)
“asaru dziedzeri” — tear glands
“asaru pilnas acis” — eyes full of tears
“prieka asaras acīs” — tears of joy in the eyes
- declension-4, feminine, singularteardrop (a single drop of said liquid)
“lēni norit liela asara” — a big teardrop slowly ran down
- declension-4, feminine, in-pluralcrying, weeping
“asaras mācas virsū” — tears are gathering
“asaras aizžņaudz kaklu” — tears (= crying) strangled (his) neck
“būt tuvu asarām” — to be close to tears (i.e., about to cry)
- form-of, genitive, masculine, singulargenitive singular of asaris
- dialectal, form-of, genitive, masculine, singulargenitive singular of asars
Formasasara(nominative, singular) · asaras(nominative, plural) · asaras(genitive, singular) · asaru(genitive, plural) · asarai(dative, singular) · asarām(dative, plural) · asaru(accusative, singular) · asaras(accusative, plural) · asaru(instrumental, singular) · asarām(instrumental, plural) · asarā(locative, singular) · asarās(locative, plural) · asara(singular, vocative) · asaras(plural, vocative)