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ūdens

Pronunciation: [ûːdɛns]

“ūdens” is a Latvian word. Its 8 meanings in English:

noun

  1. water (transparent liquid substance formed by hydrogen and oxygen; H₂O)
  2. waters (large amounts, large bodies of water)
  3. water (a body, bodies of water with a specific use, or belonging to a specific region or country)
  4. water, aquatic, aqua- (using, relating to water)
  5. water, aquatic (relating to bodies of water)
  6. water, aquatic (which lives, is situated, in or near bodies of water, or in water-rich areas)
  7. water (a water solution containing also alcohol, oils, herbal extracts)
  8. watery, uninteresting, boring; empty, meaningless

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *ūden- (or perhaps from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wandō), from the r/n-heteroclitic Proto-Indo-European noun *wódr̥, *wédōr, itself from a stem *wed- (“to moisten”). In Latvian, only the n-form of the stem survived in ūdens, but the r-form can be seen in the related term ūdrs (“otter”). The lack of initial v in Latvian also suggests that a specific dialectal term was generalized:…

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