bebrs

Latvian

Bebrs

Alternative forms

• (dialectal form) bebris

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰébʰrus, reduplicated form of *bʰrew- (“shiny, light brown”) (whence also bērs). The original meaning of bebrs was thus “brown one.” Cognates include Lithuanian bẽbras, bebrùs, Old Prussian bebrus, Proto-Slavic *bebrъ, *bobrъ, *bьbrъ (Old East Slavic бебръ (bebrŭ), бобръ (bobrŭ), Russian бобр (bobr), Belarusian бабёр (babjór), бабра́к (babrák), Ukrainian бобе́р (bobér), бібр (bibr), Bulgarian бъ́бър (bǎ́bǎr), бо́бър (bóbǎr), бе́бер (béber), Czech bobr, Polish bóbr), Old High German bibar, German Biber, English beaver, Avestan 𐬠𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬭𐬀 (bauura), Latin fiber.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bæbɾs]

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Noun

bebrs m (1st declension)

1. beaver (rodent of genus Castor, especially Castor fiber)

   bebru māte ar trim mazuļiem ― a female (lit. mother) beaver with three small ones

   bebra āda, bebrāda ― beaver skin, fur

   novilkt bebram ādu ― to remove a beaver's skin, to skin a beaver

Declension

Declension of bebrs (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	bebrs	bebri
accusative (akuzatīvs)	bebru	bebrus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	bebra	bebru
dative (datīvs)	bebram	bebriem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	bebru	bebriem
locative (lokatīvs)	bebrā	bebros
vocative (vokatīvs)	bebr	bebri

Derived terms

• bebrāda, bebra āda