"ar" meaning in Lithuanian

See ar in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Conjunction

IPA: [²ˈɐrˑ] Forms: ar̃ [canonical], er [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɐrˑ Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- (“thus, so”), thought to be a specialized conjunctional usage of the Proto-Indo-European root's usual "to fit" meaning. Cognate with Latvian ar (“whether, if, with”), Ancient Greek ἄρα (ára, “then”). Etymology templates: {{der|lt|ine-pro|*h₂er-|t=thus, so}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- (“thus, so”), {{cog|lv|ar||whether, if, with}} Latvian ar (“whether, if, with”), {{cog|grc|ἄρα||then}} Ancient Greek ἄρα (ára, “then”) Head templates: {{head|lt|conjunction|head=ar̃}} ar̃
  1. (interrogative) whether, if Tags: interrogative
    Sense id: en-ar-lt-conj-Sgx65z9~
  2. or
    Sense id: en-ar-lt-conj-cXVRejcL
  3. (dialectal) and Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-ar-lt-conj-YgERG4Og

Particle

IPA: [²ˈɐrˑ] Forms: ar̃ [canonical], er [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɐrˑ Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- (“thus, so”), thought to be a specialized conjunctional usage of the Proto-Indo-European root's usual "to fit" meaning. Cognate with Latvian ar (“whether, if, with”), Ancient Greek ἄρα (ára, “then”). Etymology templates: {{der|lt|ine-pro|*h₂er-|t=thus, so}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- (“thus, so”), {{cog|lv|ar||whether, if, with}} Latvian ar (“whether, if, with”), {{cog|grc|ἄρα||then}} Ancient Greek ἄρα (ára, “then”) Head templates: {{head|lt|particle|head=ar̃}} ar̃
  1. precedes an interrogative sentence Related terms: czy (english: word with the same function in Polish, which has significant historical presence in Lithuania)
    Sense id: en-ar-lt-particle-ngMd21VM Categories (other): Lithuanian entries with incorrect language header, Lithuanian links with redundant target parameters, Lithuanian particles Disambiguation of Lithuanian entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 0 100 Disambiguation of Lithuanian links with redundant target parameters: 0 0 0 100 Disambiguation of Lithuanian particles: 0 0 0 100
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    [
      "*h₂er-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂er-"
    ],
    [
      "ar",
      "ar#Latvian"
    ],
    [
      "ἄρα",
      "ἄρα#Ancient_Greek"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "ine-pro",
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "",
        "4": "whether, if, with"
      },
      "expansion": "Latvian ar (“whether, if, with”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "ἄρα",
        "3": "",
        "4": "then"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ἄρα (ára, “then”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- (“thus, so”), thought to be a specialized conjunctional usage of the Proto-Indo-European root's usual \"to fit\" meaning. Cognate with Latvian ar (“whether, if, with”), Ancient Greek ἄρα (ára, “then”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ar̃",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "er",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "conjunction",
        "head": "ar̃"
      },
      "expansion": "ar̃",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ar̃"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "ar̃"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Lithuanian",
  "lang_code": "lt",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "whether, if"
      ],
      "id": "en-ar-lt-conj-Sgx65z9~",
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        [
          "whether",
          "whether"
        ],
        [
          "if",
          "if"
        ]
      ],
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        "(interrogative) whether, if"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "interrogative"
      ]
    },
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            [
              9,
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            ],
            [
              23,
              25
            ]
          ],
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            [
              34,
              36
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I don't know whether that is true or not.",
          "text": "Nežinau, ar tai tiesa, ar ne.",
          "translation": "I don't know whether that is true or not.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "or"
      ],
      "id": "en-ar-lt-conj-cXVRejcL"
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "and"
      ],
      "id": "en-ar-lt-conj-YgERG4Og",
      "links": [
        [
          "and",
          "and"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dialectal) and"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dialectal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[²ˈɐrˑ]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɐrˑ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ar"
}

{
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    [
      "*h₂er-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂er-"
    ],
    [
      "ar",
      "ar#Latvian"
    ],
    [
      "ἄρα",
      "ἄρα#Ancient_Greek"
    ]
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "whether, if, with"
      },
      "expansion": "Latvian ar (“whether, if, with”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ἄρα",
        "3": "",
        "4": "then"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ἄρα (ára, “then”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- (“thus, so”), thought to be a specialized conjunctional usage of the Proto-Indo-European root's usual \"to fit\" meaning. Cognate with Latvian ar (“whether, if, with”), Ancient Greek ἄρα (ára, “then”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ar̃",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "er",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "particle",
        "head": "ar̃"
      },
      "expansion": "ar̃",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ar̃"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "ar̃"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Lithuanian",
  "lang_code": "lt",
  "pos": "particle",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Lithuanian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 0 100",
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          "name": "Lithuanian links with redundant target parameters",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Lithuanian particles",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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              0,
              2
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              2
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Do you want to eat?",
          "text": "Ar norite valgyti?",
          "translation": "Do you want to eat?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "precedes an interrogative sentence"
      ],
      "id": "en-ar-lt-particle-ngMd21VM",
      "related": [
        {
          "english": "word with the same function in Polish, which has significant historical presence in Lithuania",
          "translation": "word with the same function in Polish, which has significant historical presence in Lithuania",
          "word": "czy"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[²ˈɐrˑ]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɐrˑ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ar"
}
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    "Lithuanian conjunctions",
    "Lithuanian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Lithuanian lemmas",
    "Lithuanian links with redundant target parameters",
    "Lithuanian particles",
    "Lithuanian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Lithuanian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 53 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Lithuanian/ɐrˑ",
    "Rhymes:Lithuanian/ɐrˑ/1 syllable"
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "*h₂er-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂er-"
    ],
    [
      "ar",
      "ar#Latvian"
    ],
    [
      "ἄρα",
      "ἄρα#Ancient_Greek"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "name": "der"
    },
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    }
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "er",
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      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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        "2": "conjunction",
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    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ar̃"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "ar̃"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "lt",
  "pos": "conj",
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    {
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        "whether, if"
      ],
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        [
          "whether",
          "whether"
        ],
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          "if",
          "if"
        ]
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        "(interrogative) whether, if"
      ],
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        "interrogative"
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    },
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      ],
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            ]
          ],
          "english": "I don't know whether that is true or not.",
          "text": "Nežinau, ar tai tiesa, ar ne.",
          "translation": "I don't know whether that is true or not.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "or"
      ]
    },
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        "Lithuanian dialectal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "and"
      ],
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          "and",
          "and"
        ]
      ],
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        "(dialectal) and"
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[²ˈɐrˑ]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɐrˑ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ar"
}

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    "Lithuanian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Lithuanian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 53 entries",
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    [
      "ar",
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    ],
    [
      "ἄρα",
      "ἄρα#Ancient_Greek"
    ]
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      "name": "der"
    },
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        "2": "ar",
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    },
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    }
  ],
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    },
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  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "head": "ar̃"
      },
      "expansion": "ar̃",
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    }
  ],
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    "ar̃"
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    {
      "parts": [
        "ar̃"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "lt",
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    }
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          "english": "Do you want to eat?",
          "text": "Ar norite valgyti?",
          "translation": "Do you want to eat?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "precedes an interrogative sentence"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "[²ˈɐrˑ]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɐrˑ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ar"
}

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