Noun: sermulis
Hyphenation:
Gender: Masculine
Declension:
Singular
| Nominative | sermulis |
| Accusative | sermuli |
| Genitive | sermuļa |
| Dative | sermulim |
| Instrumental | sermuli |
| Locative | sermulī |
| Vocative | sermuli |
Plural
| Nominative | sermuļi |
| Accusative | sermuļus |
| Genitive | sermuļu |
| Dative | sermuļiem |
| Instrumental | sermuļiem |
| Locative | sermuļos |
| Vocative | sermuļi |
Sample Sentences
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sermuļa āda, sermuļāda (ermine fur)
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sermuļa apkakle (ermine (fur) collar)
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sermulis ir ļoti derīgs dzīvnieks, jo iznīcina daudz peļu (the stoat is a very useful animal, because it kills many mice)
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sermulis medī žurkas, ūdensžurkas, peles, sīkos putnus, uzbrūk pat irbēm un zaķiem (the stoat hunts rats, water rats, mice, little birds, attacking even partridges and hares)
Nouns inflected like sermulis
seklis,
skaitlis,
vēdeklis,
ķeblis,
vēceklis,
krauklis,
sēklis,
bacilis,
skrimslis,
pedālis,
zaglis,
numerālis,
uzgalis,
portugālis,
spieģelis,
paeglis,
kabatzaglis,
gaismeklis,
cīrulis,
sabulis, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From *serm- + -ulis, from Proto-Baltic *šerm-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- (“gray color”) with an extra -m (whence also Latvian sirms (“gray”), q.v.). Cognates include Lithuanian šarmuõ, šermuõ, šermuonė̃lis, Old High German harmo, German Hermelin. See: German Nouns '
Hermelin'.
Verbs referencing "sermulis"
German Nouns
Hermelin, Russian Nouns
росомаха.
Translations