[pìɛɾɛ]
CilmeFrom an earlier *priere ( > piere by dissimilation), from *prie (“in front of, ahead of”). The meaning change, “in front of” > “forehead,” is similar to the evolution of the English term (English fore (distant cognate via Proto-Indo-European *per-) > forehead).
Compare typologically the meaning development in the opposite direction Latin frōns > frontālis (whence English front).
- declension-5, feminineforehead (part of the human face between the hair and the eyebrows)
“augsta, zema piere” — high, low forehead
“plata, šaura piere” — wide, narrow forehead
“pieres kauls” — brow (lit. forehead) bone
- declension-5, femininea shrunk stem or trunk, on the surface of which leaves can grow
“ļoti laba jēru barība rudenī ir cukurbiešu lapas kopā ar biešu pierēm” — very good food for lambs in the autumn is sugar beet leaves together with beet foreheads
- declension-5, femininea flat surface on an elongated object
“sijas piere” — a beam's forehead
- declension-5, femininethe flat part of a tool
“āmura piere” — face of the hammerhead (lit. hammer's forehead)
- declension-5, feminineapex, top part
“kalna piere” — mountain's top (lit. forehead)
- declension-5, femininesmooth, flat surface (on a stone)
“tēvs iesit akmenim pāra reizes pierē” — father hit the stone a couple of times on its flat surface (lit. forehead)
Formaspiere(nominative, singular) · pieres(nominative, plural) · pieres(genitive, singular) · pieru(genitive, plural) · pierei(dative, singular) · pierēm(dative, plural) · pieri(accusative, singular) · pieres(accusative, plural) · pieri(instrumental, singular) · pierēm(instrumental, plural) · pierē(locative, singular) · pierēs(locative, plural) · piere(singular, vocative) · pieres(plural, vocative)
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