āmurs

 āmurs on Latvian Wikipedia

• (obsolete forms) āmars, āmers

Borrowed from Old Norse hamarr, or from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch hamer (cf. German Hammer, English hammer). First mentioned in 17h-century dictionaries as āmars, it occurred later as āmers under the influence of German Hammer; in the 19th century, however, the spelling āmurs became dominant and entered the standard language.^[1]

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āmurs m (1st declension)

1. hammer (tool with heavy head for pounding)

   koka āmurs ― wooden hammer, mallet

   galdnieka, kurpnieka āmurs ― carpenter's, cobbler's hammer

   ogļu atskaldāmais āmurs ― coal hammer

   gaļas āmurs ― meat hammer

   āmura kāts ― hammer grip

   iesist naglu ar āmuru ― to drive a nail in with a hammer

2. a device for hitting with an impact

   pneimatiskais āmurs ― pneumatic hammer

   tvaika āmurs ― steam hammer

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