шабра

Erzya

Etymology

Possibly a Baltic loanword. Compare Latvian sēbrs (“friend”), Lithuanian sėbras (“companion”). Proto-Finnic *sëpra may be borrowed from the same Baltic root.

Alternatively, borrowed from Russian шабёр (šabjór).

Noun

шабра • (šabra)

1. neighbour

Declension

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

References

• B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “шабра”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʂɐˈbra]

Noun

шабра́ • (šabrá) m anim

1. genitive/accusative singular of шабёр (šabjór)