avene

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See also: avenè and avenē

Italian

Noun

avene f

  1. plural of avena

Latvian

Avenes

Etymology

Derived from the word avs “ewe” (cf. auns) +‎ -ene. Raspberries are compared to sheep because of their softness and the tiny projections on their surface. Another possible motivation is that sheep often eat raspberry leaves. Cognates include Lithuanian aviẽtė.

Pronunciation

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Noun

avene f (5th declension)

  1. raspberry (a plant of the family Rosaceae, genus Rubus, with sweet, aromatic, usually red berries)
    meža, dārza avene ― forest, garden (= domestic) raspberry
    smaržīgā avene ― fragant raspberry
    aveņu puduris ― raspberry cluster
    baltās avenes ― white raspberries
    avenes izplatītas visā ziemeļu puslodes mērenajā joslā, ogas sarkanas ― raspberries (are) found all over the temperate zone of the Northern hemisphere, (its) berries (are) red
  2. raspberry (the berries of this plant)
    iet avenēs ― to go get raspberries
    lasīt avenes ― to gather raspberries
    aveņu ievārījums ― raspberry jam
    Justīne spraucās cauri brikšņiem, lasīdama gatavās avenes ― Justīne peeped through the thicket (bush), gathering ripe raspberries
    izcirtumā atkal smaržo avenes ― in the clearing, one could again smell raspberries

Declension

Declension of avene (5th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) avene avenes
accusative (akuzatīvs) aveni avenes
genitive (ģenitīvs) avenes aveņu
dative (datīvs) avenei avenēm
instrumental (instrumentālis) aveni avenēm
locative (lokatīvs) avenē avenēs
vocative (vokatīvs) avene avenes

References

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “avene”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

Spanish

Verb

avene

  1. inflection of avenar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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