agrs

From Proto-Baltic *agras, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eg-ro-s, from *h₂eg- with -ro “spike, top, beginning.” This stem is apparently a variant of *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”), whence Ancient Greek ἄκρος (ákros, “sharp, pointed”), Latin ācer (“sharp”) (< *h₂ḱrós). If this is true, Latvian agrs would originally have meant “sharp,” from which “fast, quick” and finally “early.” Cognates include Hittite (ḫegur, “peak, cliff”), Sanskrit अग्र (ágra, “spike, peak, beginning”), Avestan 𐬀𐬔𐬭𐬋 (agrō, “first”), 𐬀𐬔𐬭𐬆𐬨 (agrəm, “beginning”).^[1]

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agrs (definite agrais, comparative agrāks, superlative visagrākais, adverb agri)

1. early (relating to the beginning phase of some period of time)

   agrs rīts ― early morning

   no agra rīta līdz vēlam vakaram ― from early morning until late night

   agrais feodālisms ― early feudalism

   agrā renesanse ― early Renaissance

   bija vēl agrs pavasaris, naktī pieturējās sals, un sniegs vēl nebija nokusis ― it was still early spring, the night was still frosty, and the snow had not yet melted

2. early (relating to the first morning hours)

   celties agri ― to get up early

   vēl agrs... saule nav lēkusi, bet debess rīta pamalē sāk jau sārtot ― still early... the sun has not risen, but in the morning sky horizon it is already becoming red (= light)

3. early (relating to the initial periods of a person's life)

   agrā jaunībā uzsākt darba gaitas ― to start work at an early age (lit. in early youth)

4. early (which happens before its usual time)

   šogad agrs pavasaris ― this year (there is) an early spring

   atnākt par agru ― to come too early

   jau vakars... no slapjajiem laukiem kāpj gaisā bieza migla... aizklāj debesis un atveļ agru tumsu ― already evening... from the wet fields a light, thick smog rose... it shielded the sky and allowed an early darkness

5. early (which happens, appears before others of the same type)

   braukt ar agro vilcienu ― to travel on an early train

   agri braucēji ― early riders, travelers

   agrie dārzeņi ― early vegetables

   Priekuļu agrie kartupeļi aizceļojuši arī uz tādiem tāliem rajoniem kā Piejūras novads, Kamčatka... ― early potatoes from Priekuļi have traveled to such far-away regions as Primorsky Krai or Kamchatka (Peninsula)

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