[vǣːtɾa]
CilmeFrom Proto-Baltic *wēˀtrāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- (“to blow, to breathe”) (whence also vējš (“wind”), q.v.), with an extra suffix -trā with agent meaning (“one who blows”). Cognates include Lithuanian vė́tra, Old Prussian wetro ([vētro], “wind”), Proto-Slavic *větrъ (Old Church Slavonic вѣтръ (větrŭ, “wind”), Russian ве́тер (véter, “wind”), Belarusian ве́цер (vjécjer), Ukrainian ві́тер (víter), Bulgarian вя́тър (vjátǎr), Czech vítr, Polish wiatr), Proto-Germanic *wedrą (Old Norse veðr, Old High German wetar, Old English weder (“wind, weather”), German Wetter, English weather).
- declension-4, femininestorm (very strong wind (up to 30 m/s) which causes strong waves and land damage)
“pavasara vētra” — spring storm
“vētras kauciens” — the howling of the storm
“vētras nakts” — storm night
- declension-4, feminine, figurativelystorm (a social event with catastrophic consequences)
“kara vētra” — war storm, the winds of war
- declension-4, feminine, figurativelystorm (very strong manifestation of a mental phenomenon; also of protests, demands, etc.)
“kaislību vētra” — storm of passions
“zobgalību vētra” — storm of mockery
“protesta vētra” — storm of protests
Formasvētra(nominative, singular) · vētras(nominative, plural) · vētras(genitive, singular) · vētru(genitive, plural) · vētrai(dative, singular) · vētrām(dative, plural) · vētru(accusative, singular) · vētras(accusative, plural) · vētru(instrumental, singular) · vētrām(instrumental, plural) · vētrā(locative, singular) · vētrās(locative, plural) · vētra(singular, vocative) · vētras(plural, vocative)