sermulis

• (dialectal form) sermuls

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.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [sæ̂ɾmulis]

sermulis m (2nd declension)

1. stoat, ermine (a mustelid species of the weasel family, Mustela erminea, whose fur becomes completely white in winter)

   sermuļa āda, sermuļāda ― ermine fur

   sermuļa apkakle ― ermine (fur) collar

   sermulis ir ļoti derīgs dzīvnieks, jo iznīcina daudz peļu ― the stoat is a very useful animal, because it kills many mice

   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

• sermuļāda, sermuļa āda