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sermulis
sermulis
Latvian
Alternative forms
- (dialectal form) sermuls
Noun
sermulis m (2nd declension)
- stoat, ermine (a mustelid species of the weasel family, Mustela erminea, whose fur becomes completely white in winter)
- sermuļa āda, sermuļāda ― ermine fur
- sermuļa apkakle ― ermine (fur) collar
- sermulis ir ļoti derīgs dzīvnieks, jo iznīcina daudz peļu ― the stoat is a very useful animal, because it kills many mice
- sermulis medī žurkas, ūdensžurkas, peles, sīkos putnus, uzbrūk pat irbēm un zaķiem ― the stoat hunts rats, water rats, mice, little birds, attacking even partridges and hares
Declension
Declension of sermulis (2nd declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | sermulis | sermuļi |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | sermuli | sermuļus |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | sermuļa | sermuļu |
dative (datīvs) | sermulim | sermuļiem |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | sermuli | sermuļiem |
locative (lokatīvs) | sermulī | sermuļos |
vocative (vokatīvs) | sermuli | sermuļi |
Derived terms
References
- ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “sermulis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7