alus

alus

1. plural of alu

• Auls, Luas, Saul, ULAS, ULAs, auls, saul

alus

1. Romanization of ᬳᬮᬸᬲ᭄

From ala- +‎ -us.

alus (genitive aluse, partitive alust)

1. base, bottom (something on which an object stands or is attached to)

   Samba alus on graniidist.

   The base of the statue is made of granite.

2. foundation, base, fundamental (in an abstract sense)

   Programmeerimise alused.

   Fundamentals of programming.

3. watercraft, vessel
4. (grammar) subject
5. (chemistry) base

   Tugevaid aluseid nimetatakse leelisteks.

   Strong bases are called alkali.

• alusetu
• aluseline

• IPA^(key): [ˈɑlus]
• Hyphenation: a‧lus

From al +‎ -us.

alus

1. vessel, craft, ship (vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space)
2. underlay, base (anything underlaid)
3. (grammar, rare) subject

• (ship): laiva
• (underlay): alunen, alusta
• (subject): subjekti

• alustaa

• lusa, sula

From Proto-Baltic *alu-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elut- (“bitter”). A minority view considers the Latvian and Lithuanian terms to be ultimately borrowings from Germanic, via Old Prussian. Cognates include Lithuanian alùs, Old Prussian alu (“honey drink”), Old East Slavic олъ (olŭ, “strong drink”), Bulgarian оловина (olovína, “beer yeast”), Slovene ôl (“beer”), Old English ealu, alu, English ale, Old Norse ǫl (“beer; feast”), Ancient Greek ἀλύδοιμος (alúdoimos, “bitter”).[1]

• IPA^(key): [alus]

alus m (3rd declension)

1. beer (alcoholic beverage usually made with barley malt and hops)

   gaišais alus ― lager (lit. light beer)

   tumšais alus ― dark beer

   mājas alus ― home beer

   amatnieku alus ― craft beer

   medalus ― honey beer

   alus muca ― beer barrel, keg

   alus kauss ― beer mug

   alus darītava ― brewery (lit. beer making place)

   alus rūpniecība ― beer industry

   darīt, vārīt alu ― to make (lit. to do), to brew (lit. to boil) beer

   Jāņiem tika brūvēts alus, un nu staigāja no mutes uz muti liela, zaļa māla krūze, putām pārsegta, rūgteni smaržīga dzēriena pilna ― in midsummer beer was brewed, and then a big, green clay jug went from mouth to mouth, covered with foam and full of (that) bitter, aromatic drink

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *alu, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elut-.

Cognate with Proto-Slavic *olъ (“beer”) and Old Prussian alu (“beer”) and Latvian alus (“beer”).

• IPA^(key): [ɐˈlʊs]

alùs m (plural ãlūs) stress pattern 4

1. ale
2. (libelous) beer

• Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 370