Latin

Noun

sabulīs

1. dative plural of sabulum
2. ablative plural of sabulum

Latvian

Sabulis

Etymology

Apparently from an old Slavic or Baltic word, reputed to have been borrowed from an East-Asiatic language, though none of the proposed candidates is universally accepted. From Slavic, the word was borrowed into Germanic (Middle Low German, Middle Dutch sabel, German Zobel), from Germanic into French, and from French into English sable. Cognates include Lithuanian sãbalas, Russian соболь ‎(sóbol'), Czech sobol, Polish soból.^[1]

Noun

sabulis m (2nd declension)

1. sable (a mustelid species of the marten family, Martes zibellina, mostly found in the Siberian taiga; also, its fur)

   sabuļa āda, sabuļāda‎ ― sable fur

   sabuļa, sabuļādas cepure‎ ― sable (fur) hat

   piebaikāla mežos sastopami slavenie sabuļi‎ ― in the forests around the Baikal lake, the famous sable can be found

   sabulis ir viens no visvērtīgākajiem kažokzvēriem pasaulē‎ ― the sable is one of the most valuable fur-bearing animals in the world

Declension

Synonyms

• Sibīrijas cauna

References

1. ↑ Harper's English Online Etymological Dictionary, at http:///www.etymonline.com (entry: "sable")