sibul

Estonian

Etymology

From Middle Low German sipolla, zipolle, ultimately from Late Latin cēpulla. The ethnic slur originates from the domes of Orthodox churches, which look like onions. Another theory posits that this meaning comes from the Russian Old Believers (sibulavenelane), who were traditionally famous for growing onions.

Noun

sibul (genitive sibula, partitive sibulat)

(botany) onion
(slang, ethnic slur) a Russian person

Declension

Declension of sibul (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		sibul	sibulad
accusative	nom.	sibul
accusative	gen.	sibula
genitive		sibula	sibulate
partitive		sibulat	sibulaid
illative		sibulasse	sibulatesse sibulaisse
inessive		sibulas	sibulates sibulais
elative		sibulast	sibulatest sibulaist
allative		sibulale	sibulatele sibulaile
adessive		sibulal	sibulatel sibulail
ablative		sibulalt	sibulatelt sibulailt
translative		sibulaks	sibulateks sibulaiks
terminative		sibulani	sibulateni
essive		sibulana	sibulatena
abessive		sibulata	sibulateta
comitative		sibulaga	sibulatega

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