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

Inflection of sibul (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)

	singular	plural
nominative	sibul	sibulad
accusative	sibula	sibulad
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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