upuris

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Latvian

Kara upuris (2)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Dutch upper, or from Middle High German opper (cf. German Opfer), itself a borrowing from Latin operārī (“to try, to strive for; to offer, to sacrifice”). This word is first mentioned in 17th-century dictionaries.

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Noun

upuris m (2nd declension)

  1. (religion, mythology) offering, sacrifice (object or living being offered to a god or gods in a religious ritual so as to satisfy them or win their favor)
    upura kalns ― sacrificial hill
    upura jērs ― sacrificial lamb
    bet Dievs upuri nav pieņēmis ― but God did not accept the offering
  2. victim (living being, usually human, which is exposed to, or killed by, direct violence, or a disaster or catastrophe)
    kara upuris ― war victim
    slepkavas upuris ― the assassin's victim
    terora upuris ― terror victim
    plūdu upuri ― flood victims
    satiksmes negadījuma upuris ― car accident victim
    ērglis metās uz savu upuri ― the eagle threw itself on its victim
  3. (figuratively) victim (living being, usually human, who have to bear the unpleasant consequences of some act or event)
    alkohola upuris ― a victim of alcohol
    sagadīšanās upuris ― a victim of coincidence
    nepareizas audzināšanas upuris ― a victim of improper upbringing
    savas godkārības upuris ― a victim of one's own ambitions
  4. (figuratively) sacrifice (the act of giving up something for some ulterior purpose, goal)
    sabiedriskais darbs, Dievam žēl, prasa upurus; un arī izdevumus ― social work, unfortunately, requires sacrifices; and also costs
    pēc Maijas nāves naivi domāju, ka neprecēšos nekad... tas bija smieklīgi, jo nevienam nebija vajadzīga šī atteikšanās, šis upuris ― after Maija's death I thought naively that I would never get married... this was ridiculous, because nobody needed this renunciation, this sacrifice
    Kasparovs piedāvāja zirdziņa upuri ― (Chess Master) Kasparov offered the sacrifice of a horse

Declension

Declension of upuris (2nd declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) upuris upuri
accusative (akuzatīvs) upuri upurus
genitive (ģenitīvs) upura upuru
dative (datīvs) upurim upuriem
instrumental (instrumentālis) upuri upuriem
locative (lokatīvs) upurī upuros
vocative (vokatīvs) upuri upuri

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