vasara

vasara

1. genitive singular of vasar

From Proto-Finnic *vasara, from Proto-Finno-Permic *waśara (compare Erzya узере (uźeŕe)), borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáȷ́ras.^[1] Compare Sanskrit वज्र (vájra).

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑsɑrɑ/, [ˈʋɑ̝s̠ɑ̝rɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑsɑrɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): va‧sa‧ra

vasara

1. hammer (tool)
2. hammer (piano part)
3. mallet (certain parts or things; usually mallet is nuija)

   kumivasara ― rubber mallet

4. (anatomy) malleus, hammer (one of the bones in the ear)

• (malleus): vasaraluu

• leka
• moukari
• nuija

• “vasara”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04

• raavas, rasvaa, saarva

• vassaara (dialectal)

From Proto-Finnic *vasara. Cognates include Finnish vasara and Estonian vasar.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑsɑrɑ/, [ˈʋɑs̠ɑr]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑsɑːrɑ/, [ˈʋɑʃˑɑːrɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑsɑr, -ɑsɑːrɑ
• Hyphenation: va‧sa‧ra

vasara

1. hammer
   • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 11:

     Jurmast jooksoot pakkaiset, niku vasaranka kolkuttelloot.

     Briskly the frosts set in, like with a hammer they knock.

Declension of vasara (type 3/kana, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	vasara	vasarat
genitive	vasaran	vasaroin
partitive	vasaraa	vasaroja
illative	vasaraa	vasaroihe
inessive	vasaraas	vasarois
elative	vasarast	vasaroist
allative	vasaralle	vasaroille
adessive	vasaraal	vasaroil
ablative	vasaralt	vasaroilt
translative	vasaraks	vasaroiks
essive	vasaranna, vasaraan	vasaroinna, vasaroin
exessive1)	vasarant	vasaroint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

• V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[4], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 15
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 644

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *was(e)r, from Proto-Indo-European *wósr̥.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [vasaɾa] IPA^(key): [vɑsɑɾɑ]

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vasara f (4th declension)

1. summer (season of the year, from June 21-22 to September 22-23 in the Northern Hemisphere, characterized by the highest temperatures of the year)

   karsta, sausa vasara ― hot, dry summer

   slapja, lietaina vasara ― wet, rainy summer

   saulaina vasara ― sunny summer

   iestājās vasara ― summer has started

   pēdējais vasaras mēnesis ― last summer month

   karsta vasaras diena ― hot summer day

   pavadīt vasaras laukos ― to spend the summer in the countryside

   vasaras saulgrieži ― summer solstice

   meteoroloģiskā vasara sākas, kad diennakts vidējā gaisa temperatūra sasniedz 15° C ― the meteorological summer begins when the daily average air temperature reaches 15° C

   kas ir vasara? saule, lietus, zaļa zeme un zili ūdeņi, garas, karstas dienas un īsas naktis ― what is summer? sun, rain, green earth and blue waters, long, hot days and short nights

2. (in the genitive, used adjectivally) summer; typical of summer; which happens, is used in summer

   vasaras atpūta ― summer rest

   vasaras laiks ― summer time (= daylight saving time)

   vasaras mītne ― summer residence

   vasaras mētelis, kleita ― summer coat, dress

   vasaras mieži ― summer barley (i.e., sown in spring and mature already in summer, in the same year)

   vasaras āboli ― summer apples (i.e., those that mature early, before the beginning of autumn)

• atvasara
• šovasar, tovasar
• vasaras raibums
• vasarīgs

• gadalaiks
• sezona

(seasons) četri gadalaiki; pavasaris, vasara, rudens, ziema ^{(Category: lv:Seasons)}

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *was(e)r, from Proto-Indo-European *wósr̥.^[1][2][3]

• IPA^(key): [ˈvasɐrɐ]

vãsara f (plural vãsaros) stress pattern 1

1. summer

Seasons in Lithuanian · metų laikai (layout · text) · category
pavasaris (“spring”)	vasara (“summer”)	ruduo (“autumn”)	žiema (“winter”)

• “vasara”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
• “vasara”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024