Latvian

Baltais lācis

Noun

baltais lācis m (2nd declension)

1. A polar bear: a member of species Ursus maritimus.
2. (idiomatic, usually in the plural, as a locative or directional) Punitive exile to Siberia or other far north areas of Russia.

   par šādu noziegumu draudēja ceļojums pie baltajiem lāčiem‎ ― for such a crime one could be exiled to Siberia (lit. threatened with a trip to the polar bears)

Declension

Synonyms

• leduslācis
• polārlācis