Latin

Noun

asinīs

1. dative plural of asinus
2. ablative plural of asinus

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *as-n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésh₂r̥ ‎(“blood”), an old, n/r-alternating Indo-European stem; the e > a change is perhaps due to the word's original trisyllabic structure. Cognates include Hittite eššar / ešẖar (< *ašẖar), genitive ešẖanant-, Sanskrit असृज् ‎(asṛj), Ancient Greek ἔαρ ‎(éar), Latin aser, Tocharian A ysār, Tocharian B yasar.^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [asinis]

Noun

asinis f (6th declension)

1. (anatomy) blood (red, opaque liquid that circulates inside the body)

   arteriālās, venožas asinis‎ ― arterial, venous blood

   asins spiediens‎ ― blood pressure

   asins grupa, asinsgrupa‎ ― blood group

   asins analīze‎ ― blood test

   gāzu apmaiņa asinīs‎ ― gas exchange in the blood

   pārliet asinis‎ ― to transfuse blood, to do a blood transfusion

   asinis plūst no ievainojuma‎ ― blood flows from a wound

   apturēt asinis‎ ― to stop the blood

   asinīm pieplūdušas acis‎ ― bloodshot eyes

   sarkans kā asinis‎ ― red as blood

2. a person's nature, temperament

   karstas, aukstas asinis‎ ― hot, cold blood, hot-, cold-blooded

   but asinīs‎ ― to be in the blood (= nature)

3. origin, implying a feeling of belonging to a group, nation, etc.

   dižciltīgas asinis‎ ― noble blood

   zilās asinis‎ ― blue blood

Declension

Usage notes

The plural forms are preferred, though the nominative and genitive form asins exist (the genitive is often used in biological or medical contexts; the nominative is only sporadically attested).

Derived terms

• asiņains
• asinsvads

References

1. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “asinis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7