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Pern

Pern

(pẽrn)
,
Verb.
T.
[See
Pernancy
.]
To take profit of; to make profitable.
[Obs.]
Sylvester.

Pern

,
Noun.
(Zool.)
The honey buzzard.

Definition 2024

pērn

pērn

See also: pern

Latvian

Alternative forms

Adverb

pērn

  1. last year
    tas notika pērn‎ ― this happened last year
    šis ir pirmā gada mežs! pērn iesējām‎ ― this is a first-year foreest! last year we sowed
    mēs iepazināmies vai, pareizāk sakot, sastapāmies pērn, oktobra beigās, lietainas dienas nogalē‎ ― we became acquainted, or, better said, we ran into each other last year, late October, at the end of the rainy days
    viņš dzīvo kā putns zara galā: šogad te, Mežmaļos, pērn Likstās, nezin kur nākošu gadu‎ ― he lived like a bird at the end of a branch: this year here, in Mežmaļi, last year in Likstas, god knows where next year

Derived terms

References

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

Etymology

An old compound, with as first part Proto-Indo-European *per- ‎(“over”), and the second part a different term in different Indo-European languages (in Ancient Greek and Sanskrit, the second term was probably *ut- < *wet- ‎(“year”), i.e., *per-ut(i)-). In the Baltic case, it is possible that the second element was Proto-Indo-European *sénos: *per-sénos > per-enos > Proto-Baltic *pernas > Latvian *per̃ns > pērns, of which pērn would be the adverbial form (cf. archaic pērni). Another possibility is that the second element was a reflex of Proto-Indo-European *en- ‎(“year”) (cf. Old Church Slavonic лани ‎(lani, “last year”), from Proto-Slavic *ol-ni, from the zero grade of *en-). Cognates include Lithuanian pérnai, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐍃 ‎(fairns, “recent past (thing), past year (thing)”), Old High German firni ‎(“old”), Old High German firni ‎(“old”), Icelandic forn ‎(“ancient”), Sanskrit परुत् ‎(parút, “last year”), Ancient Greek πέρυσι ‎(pérusi), Irish para- ‎(“past, far; last year”), Persian پار ‎(pâr), Ossetian фарон ‎(faron).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pǣːɾn]

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