agrs

From Proto-Baltic *agras, from Proto-Indo-European *ag-ro-s, from *h₂eg- with -ro “spike, top, beginning.” This stem is apparently a variant of *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”), whence Ancient Greek ἄκρος (ákros, “sharp, pointed”), Latin ācer (“sharp”) (< *h₂ḱrós). If this is true, Latvian agrs would originally have meant “sharp,” from which “fast, quick” and finally “early.” Cognates include Hittite [script needed] (ḫegur, “peak, cliff”), Sanskrit अग्र (ágra, “spike, peak, beginning”), Avestan 𐬀𐬔𐬭𐬋‎ (agrō, “first”), 𐬀𐬔𐬭𐬆𐬨‎ (agrəm, “beginning”).[1]

• IPA^(key): [aɡɾs]

agrs (agrais comparative, agrāks superlative, visagrākais adverb, agri)

1. early (relating to the beginning phase of some period of time)

   agrs rīts ― early morning

   no agra rīta līdz vēlam vakaram ― from early morning until late night

   agrais feodālisms ― early feudalism

   agrā renesanse ― early Renaissance

   bija vēl agrs pavasaris, naktī pieturējās sals, un sniegs vēl nebija nokusis ― it was still early spring, the night was still frosty, and the snow had not yet melted

2. early (relating to the first morning hours)

   celties agri ― to get up early

   vēl agrs... saule nav lēkusi, bet debess rīta pamalē sāk jau sārtot ― still early... the sun has not risen, but in the morning sky horizon it is already becoming red (= light)

3. early (relating to the initial periods of a person's life)

   agrā jaunībā uzsākt darba gaitas ― to start work at an early age (lit. in early youth)

4. early (which happens before its usual time)

   šogad agrs pavasaris ― this year (there is) an early spring

   atnākt par agru ― to come too early

   jau vakars... no slapjajiem laukiem kāpj gaisā bieza migla... aizklāj debesis un atveļ agru tumsu ― already evening... from the wet fields a light, thick smog rose... it shielded the sky and allowed an early darkness

5. early (which happens, appears before others of the same type)

   braukt ar agro vilcienu ― to travel on an early train

   agri braucēji ― early riders, travelers

   agrie dārzeņi ― early vegetables

   Priekuļu agrie kartupeļi aizceļojuši arī uz tādiem tāliem rajoniem kā Piejūras novads, Kamčatka... ― early potatoes from Priekuļi have traveled to such far-away regions as Primorsky Krai or Kamchatka (Peninsula)

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