vabole

See also: vabolē

Latvian

Vabole

Alternative forms

• (dialectal forms) vabols, vabolis, vabule, vabuls, vabulis, vabala, vabale, vabals, vabele

Etymology

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.”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vabùolɛ]

• Audio:

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Noun

vabole f (5th declension)

1. 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

Declension of vabole (5th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
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

• mēslvabole, mēslu vabole

See also

• mārīte