asaris

asarīs

1. dative/ablative plural of asarum

• (dialectal forms) asars, aseris

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *ašerā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱereh₂, from *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed, angular; stone”) (whence also ass (“sharp”), q.v.), with a suffix -er (< *-rós), also found in other Indo-European words related to “sharpness” from other languages (compare Lithuanian ašrùs, Latin ācer (“sharp”), Ancient Greek ἄκρος (ákros, “at the edge; pointed, sharp”), ἄκρον (ákron, “corner; edge; blade”), Sanskrit अश्रि (áśri, “corner, edge, blade”)). In Latvian, the vowel in the suffix (e) assimilated to the preceding stem vowel (a); in Slavic languages, the stem vowel assimilated to the suffix vowel. Cognates include Lithuanian ešerỹs, dialectal ašerỹs, Proto-Slavic *esera (Polish dialectal jesiora (“fish bone”)). ^[1]

asaris m (2nd declension)

1. European perch (species of fish, Perca fluviatilis, with black back, greenish sides and abdomen, and reddish belly)

   izmakšķerēt asari ― to fish, catch a perch

   jūras asaris ― redfish (lit. sea perch)