sudrabs

== Latvian == === Alternative forms === (dialectal forms) sudabrs, sidrabs === Etymology === 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. 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. === Pronunciation === === Noun === sudrabs m (1st declension) 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) (adjectival genitive; speaking of sounds) pure, clear, clean viņas balsij sudraba skaņa ― her voice has a silver sound ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== sudrabains, (dialectal) sidrabains === References ===