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sudrabs

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Latvian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From a late Proto-Indo-European root common to Balto-Slavic and Germanic for “silver”, not attested in other branches of Indo-European, likely borrowed from a non-Indo-European substrate.[1]

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.[2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Chemical element (edit)
Ag
Atomic number 47
sudrabs
Classification data
Period 5
Group 11
Block d-block
Class transition metal
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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

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Declension of sudrabs (1st)
singular plural
nominative sudrabs —
genitive sudraba —
dative sudrabam —
accusative sudrabu —
instrumental sudrabu —
locative sudrabā —
vocative sudrab —

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Benveniste, É. (2016). Dictionary of Indo-European Concepts and Society. United Kingdom: HAU Books, p. 151
  2. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “sudrabs”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca [Latvian Etymological Dictionary]‎[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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