asmens

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *ašmen, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed, edgy”), with a suffix -men. Etymologically, this is a doublet of akmens (“stone”), with a different development of *ḱ, perhaps because of Proto-Indo-European dialectal differences. Cognates include Lithuanian ãšmenys (pl. only; compare dialectal singular ašmuõ, genitive ašmeñs, Sanskrit अश्रि (áśri, “corner, edge, blade”), अश्मन् (aśman, “stone, rock, firmament”).[1]

Noun

asmens m (2nd declension, irregular nominative, genitive)

  1. (cutting) edge, blade (the sharp part of a cutting or piercing tool or weapon)
    cirvja, zobena asmens ― ax, sword blade
    kabatas nazis ar diviem asmeņiem ― a pocket knife with two edges
    asināt tērauda asmeņus ― to sharpen steel blades

Declension
Declension of asmens (2nd declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) asmens asmeņi
accusative (akuzatīvs) asmeni asmeņus
genitive (ģenitīvs) asmens asmeņu
dative (datīvs) asmenim asmeņiem
instrumental (instrumentālis) asmeni asmeņiem
locative (lokatīvs) asmenī asmeņos
vocative (vokatīvs) asmeni asmeņi

References
  1. Karulis, Konstantīns. 1992, 2001. Latviešu etimoloģijas vārdnīca. Rīga: AVOTS. →ISBN.

Lithuanian

Noun

asmẽns m

  1. genitive singular of asmuo
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