zābaks

Latvian

Zābaki

Alternative forms

• (dated form) zābaka

Etymology

An old, pre-13th-century borrowing from Old East Slavic забогъ (zabogŭ); cf. Russian сапо́г (sapóg), dialectal забог (zabog), already mentioned in 17th-century dictionaries, and also in 15th- and 16th-century family names. An old feminine variant zābaka, already attested in 17th-century dictionaries, persisted until the 19th century, when it finally disappeared.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zàːbaks]

Noun

zābaks m (1st declension)

1. boot (footwear with short or long tops)

   viriešu, sieviešu zābaki ― men's, women's boots

   gumijas zābaki ― rubber boots

   slēpju, slidu zābaki ― ski, skate boots

   garie zābaki ― long boots

   zābaku saites, auklas ― boot laces

   aizsaitēt zābakus ― to tie up (one's) boots

   vilkt kājās zābakus ― to put boots on

Declension

Declension of zābaks (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	zābaks	zābaki
accusative (akuzatīvs)	zābaku	zābakus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	zābaka	zābaku
dative (datīvs)	zābakam	zābakiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	zābaku	zābakiem
locative (lokatīvs)	zābakā	zābakos
vocative (vokatīvs)	zābak	zābaki

See also

• stulms