kärp

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See also: karp, Karp, and kārp-

Estonian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Finnic *kärppä. Compare Finnish kärppä, Livonian kǟrpa, Votic tšärppe.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkærp/, [ˈkærpˑ]
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Noun

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kärp (genitive kärbi, partitive kärpi)

  1. ermine, polecat, stoat (Mustela erminea)
    Synonyms: hermeliin, lahits

Declension

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Declension of kärp (ÕS type 22e/riik, p-b gradation)
singular plural
nominative kärp kärbid
accusative nom.
gen. kärbi
genitive kärpide
partitive kärpi kärpe
kärpisid
illative kärpi
kärbisse
kärpidesse
kärbesse
inessive kärbis kärpides
kärbes
elative kärbist kärpidest
kärbest
allative kärbile kärpidele
kärbele
adessive kärbil kärpidel
kärbel
ablative kärbilt kärpidelt
kärbelt
translative kärbiks kärpideks
kärbeks
terminative kärbini kärpideni
essive kärbina kärpidena
abessive kärbita kärpideta
comitative kärbiga kärpidega

Further reading

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  • kärp”, in [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
  • kärp”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • kärp”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
  • kärp in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)