asara/ brias

English translation: a tear / of blood

19:43 Feb 10, 2009
Lithuanian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
Lithuanian term or phrase: asara/ brias
I came across two words of possible Lithuanian origin in a Yiddish text and I'm wondering if anyone can figure out what they may be/mean in Lithuanian: the two words are asora (or asara) and the more important one is something that sounds like 'braja'. The meaning of the latter word might have something to do with cruelty or violence.
AbuTomek
English translation:a tear / of blood
Explanation:
could be 'ašara' (a tear, the salty liquid that flows from the eye) and 'kraujo' (Genitive of 'kraujas', blood).
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Vidmantas Stilius
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1 +1a tear / of blood
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a tear / of blood


Explanation:
could be 'ašara' (a tear, the salty liquid that flows from the eye) and 'kraujo' (Genitive of 'kraujas', blood).

Vidmantas Stilius
Local time: 16:51
Native speaker of: Native in LithuanianLithuanian
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agree  translations9: as regards the word "asara" I agree that it is a tear, but I am not sure about the word brias (may be iti is "byres/bires), which then would mean "a tear will fall"
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