zars

== Danish == === Noun === zars c indefinite genitive singular of zar == French == === Noun === zars m pl masculine plural of zar == Latvian == === Etymology === From Proto-Baltic *žer-, *žar-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (“to beam, to shine, to glitter”), apparently from an older meaning “beam, branch” (compare *gʰer- (“to have protrusions”)) conserved in Latvian. Cognates include Lithuanian dialectal žarà, žãras (“branch, stem, trunk”), Old Prussian sari ([zari], “heat”), Old Church Slavonic заря (zarja), зоря (zorja, “dawn, dusk”), Russian заря́ (zarjá), зоря́ (zorjá), dialectal also “flower, grass, plant,” Bulgarian зора́ (zorá), заря́ (zarjá), Czech zaře, zoře, zora, Polish zorza, archaic zarza. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [zāɾs] === Noun === zars m (1st declension) branch, twig, spray (part of a plant that grows from the stem or trunk and usually connects it with the leaves; this part together with its leaves and flowers) ozola, bērza, palmas zars ― oak, birch, palm branch priežu zari ― pine branches zaļš egles zars ― green spruce branch ziedošs ceriņa zars ― flowering spray of lilac kupls zars ― leafy, leaf-covered branch kaili zari ― naked (i.e., leafless) branches aizdedzināt kadiķa zaru ― to burn a juniper twig mest zarus ugunskurā ― to throw branches in the fire putns uzmetas uz zara ― a bird alighted on a branch lapas birst no koku zariem ― leaves fall off tree branches izzāģēt kokiem sausos zarus ― to cut a tree's dry branches off tine, prong, teeth (pointed branching elements in a tool) grābekļa, dakšu zari ― rake, fork tines, prongs ķemmes zari ― comb teeth izlauzt, ielikt grābeklim zaru ― to break, to set a rake tine branch (longitudinally branching part of a whole) viens Daugavas zars ― one branch of the Daugava (river) Valdgales stacijā sliežu ceļš sadalās trijos zaros ― at Valdagle station the train tracks split off in three branches branch (subgroup, split-off group) protestanti dalījās trīs galvenajos zaros: luterāņos, kalvinistos un anglikāņos ― the Protestants split into three major branches: Lutherans, Calvinists and Anglicans branch (part of a family tree) straumēnu radniecības koks bija liels, un visos apkārtējos pagastos iespiedās tā zari ― the Straumens family tree was big, its branches pushed into all the surrounding parishes ==== Declension ==== === References ===