jērs

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Latvian

Auns un jērs

Etymology

Cognate with Lithuanian ėras, Lithuanian ėriukas (“lamb”), and likely also with Latin aries (“ram”), Ancient Greek ἔριφος (ériphos, “goat kid”).

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Noun

jērs m (1st declension)

  1. young or baby sheep, lamb
    jēra gaļa ― lamb meat, mutton
    lēns kā jērs ― slow as a lamb

Declension

Declension of jērs (1st declension)
singular plural
nominative jērs jēri
genitive jēra jēru
dative jēram jēriem
accusative jēru jērus
instrumental jēru jēriem
locative jērā jēros
vocative jēr jēri

See also

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