vabole
See also: vabolē
Latvian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Baltic *web-, from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to move here and there, to wave, to teem”). Cognates include Lithuanian vãbalas, vãbuolas (“insect”), vãbolė, vabolė̃ (“dung beetle”), Russian dialectal ве́блица (véblica, “intestinal worm”), Old High German wibil, Old Saxon *wivil (“beetle”), English weevil (“beetle sp.”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
vabole f (5th declension)
- beetle (any of many insect species (order: Coleoptera) with two hard, shell-like front wings which cover and protect a pair of rear wings)
- gaļēdājas, visēdājas vaboles ― carnivorous, omnivorous beetles
- brūnā vabole ― brown beetle
- dārzu vabole ― garden beetle
- biešu vabole ― beet beetle
Declension edit
Declension of vabole (5th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | vabole | vaboles |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | vaboli | vaboles |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | vaboles | vaboļu |
dative (datīvs) | vabolei | vabolēm |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | vaboli | vabolēm |
locative (lokatīvs) | vabolē | vabolēs |
vocative (vokatīvs) | vabole | vaboles |
Derived terms edit
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “vabole”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN