Meaning of zars | Babel Free

Definitions

1. branch, twig, spray (part of a plant that grows from the stem or trunk and usually connects it with the leaves; this part together with its leaves and flowers)
   declension-1, masculine
2. tine, prong, teeth (pointed branching elements in a tool)
   declension-1, masculine
3. branch (longitudinally branching part of a whole)
   declension-1, masculine
4. branch (subgroup, split-off group)
   declension-1, masculine
5. branch (part of a family tree)
   declension-1, masculine

Equivalents

Examples

“ozola, bērza, palmas zars”

oak, birch, palm branch

“priežu zari”

pine branches

“zaļš egles zars”

green spruce branch

“ziedošs ceriņa zars”

flowering spray of lilac

“kupls zars”

leafy, leaf-covered branch

“kaili zari”

naked (i.e., leafless) branches

“aizdedzināt kadiķa zaru”

to burn a juniper twig

“mest zarus ugunskurā”

to throw branches in the fire

“putns uzmetas uz zara”

a bird alighted on a branch

“lapas birst no koku zariem”

leaves fall off tree branches

“izzāģēt kokiem sausos zarus”

to cut a tree's dry branches off

“grābekļa, dakšu zari”

rake, fork tines, prongs

“ķemmes zari”

comb teeth

“izlauzt, ielikt grābeklim zaru”

to break, to set a rake tine

“viens Daugavas zars”

one branch of the Daugava (river)

“Valdgales stacijā sliežu ceļš sadalās trijos zaros”

at Valdagle station the train tracks split off in three branches

“protestanti dalījās trīs galvenajos zaros: luterāņos, kalvinistos un anglikāņos”

the Protestants split into three major branches: Lutherans, Calvinists and Anglicans

“straumēnu radniecības koks bija liels, un visos apkārtējos pagastos iespiedās tā zari”

the Straumens family tree was big, its branches pushed into all the surrounding parishes

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