bebrs
Latvian edit
Alternative forms edit
- (dialectal form) bebris
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰébʰrus, reduplicated form of *bʰrew- (“shiny, light brown”) (whence also bērs). The original meaning of bebrs was thus “brown one.” Cognates include Lithuanian bẽbras, bebrùs, Old Prussian bebrus, Proto-Slavic *bebrъ, *bobrъ, *bьbrъ (Old East Slavic бебръ (bebrŭ), бобръ (bobrŭ), Russian бобр (bobr), Belarusian бабёр (babjór), бабра́к (babrák), Ukrainian бобе́р (bobér), бібр (bibr), Bulgarian бъ́бър (bǎ́bǎr), бо́бър (bóbǎr), бе́бер (béber), Czech bobr, Polish bóbr), Old High German bibar, German Biber, English beaver, Avestan 𐬠𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬭𐬀 (bauura), Latin fiber.[1]
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
bebrs m (1st declension)
- beaver (rodent of genus Castor, especially Castor fiber)
- bebru māte ar trim mazuļiem ― a female (lit. mother) beaver with three small ones
- bebra āda, bebrāda ― beaver skin, fur
- novilkt bebram ādu ― to remove a beaver's skin, to skin a beaver
Declension edit
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Declension of bebrs (1st declension)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “bebrs”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN