arējs

See also ārējs

Latvian

Etymology

From art (to plow) +‎ -ējs.

Noun

arējs m, 1st declension

  1. plowman; one who plows the land
    rezultātā Latvijas astroloģijā katrs ir savas vagas arējs — in result, in Latvian astrology, everyone is the plowman of his/her own furrow
    manā īpašumā nonācis īstens darba zirgs, zemes arējs — a real work horse has come into my possession, a plower of land

Declension

Usage notes

The difference between arājs and arējs seems to be that arājs describes a profession, a permanent way of life, whereas arējs refers to someone (or some animal) who happens to be plowing now.

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Last modified on 10 February 2013, at 17:39