zābaks

• (dated form) zābaka

An old, pre-13th-century borrowing from Old East Slavic забогъ (zabogŭ); cf. Russian сапо́г (sapóg), dialectal забог (zabog), already mentioned in 17th-century dictionaries, and also in 15th- and 16th-century family names. An old feminine variant zābaka, already attested in 17th-century dictionaries, persisted until the 19th century, when it finally disappeared.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [zàːbaks]

zābaks m (1st declension)

1. boot (footwear with short or long tops)

   viriešu, sieviešu zābaki ― men's, women's boots

   gumijas zābaki ― rubber boots

   slēpju, slidu zābaki ― ski, skate boots

   garie zābaki ― long boots

   zābaku saites, auklas ― boot laces

   aizsaitēt zābakus ― to tie up (one's) boots

   vilkt kājās zābakus ― to put boots on

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