asinis

asinīs

1. dative/ablative plural of asinus

From Proto-Baltic *as-n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésh₂r̥ (“blood”), an old, n/r-alternating Indo-European stem; the e > a change is perhaps due to the word's original trisyllabic structure. Cognates include Hittite [Term?] (/⁠eššar⁠/) / [Term?] (/⁠ešẖar⁠/) (< *ašẖar), genitive [Term?] (/⁠ešẖanant-⁠/), Sanskrit असृज् (asṛj), Ancient Greek ἔαρ (éar), Latin aser, Tocharian A ysār, Tocharian B yasar.^[1]

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asinis f (6th declension)

1. blood (red, opaque liquid that circulates inside the body)

   arteriālās, venožas asinis ― arterial, venous blood

   asins spiediens ― blood pressure

   asins grupa, asinsgrupa ― blood group

   asins analīze ― blood test

   gāzu apmaiņa asinīs ― gas exchange in the blood

   pārliet asinis ― to transfuse blood, to do a blood transfusion

   asinis plūst no ievainojuma ― blood flows from a wound

   apturēt asinis ― to stop the blood

   asinīm pieplūdušas acis ― bloodshot eyes

   sarkans kā asinis ― red as blood

2. a person's nature, temperament

   karstas, aukstas asinis ― hot, cold blood, hot-, cold-blooded

   but asinīs ― to be in the blood (= nature)

3. origin, implying a feeling of belonging to a group, nation, etc.

   dižciltīgas asinis ― noble blood

   zilās asinis ― blue blood

The plural forms are preferred, though the nominative and genitive form asins exist (the genitive is often used in biological or medical contexts; the nominative is only sporadically attested).

• asiņains
• asinsvads