sudrabs

Latvian

Alternative forms

• (dialectal forms) sudabrs, sidrabs

Etymology

From a common Balto-Slavic and Germanic stem for “silver”, not attested in other branches of Indo-European. Cognates include Lithuanian sidãbras, dialectal sudãbras, archaic sidrabas (compare Latvian dialectal forms sudabrs, sidrabs), Old Prussian siraplis (accusative form sirablan), Old Church Slavonic сьрєбро (sĭrebro) (Russian серебро́ (serebró)), Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌿𐌱𐍂 (silubr), German Silber, English silver.

Noun

Chemical element
Ag
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sudrabs m (1st declension)

1. silver (precious metal; chemical element, with atomic number 47.)

   tīrradņa sudrabs ― virgin silver

   sudraba rūda ― silver ore

   sudraba sakausējumi ― silver alloys

   sudraba nitrāts, hlorīds ― silver nitrate, chloride

   sudraba karote ― silver spoon

   sudraba medaļa ― silver medal

   sudraba kāzas ― silver wedding (i.e., 20th anniversary)

2. (adjectival genitive; speaking of sounds) pure, clear, clean

   viņas balsij sudraba skaņa ― her voice has a silver sound

Declension

Declension of sudrabs (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	sudrabs	—
accusative (akuzatīvs)	sudrabu	—
genitive (ģenitīvs)	sudraba	—
dative (datīvs)	sudrabam	—
instrumental (instrumentālis)	sudrabu	—
locative (lokatīvs)	sudrabā	—
vocative (vokatīvs)	sudrab	—

Derived terms

• sudrabains, (dialectal) sidrabains