šaakal

Estonian

Etymology

From German Schakal, from French chacal, from Turkish çakal, from Persian شغال (šagâl), ultimately from Sanskrit सृगाल (sṛgālá).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃɑːkɑl/, [ˈʃɑːkːɑl]
  • Rhymes: -ɑːkɑl
  • Hyphenation: šaa‧kal

Noun

šaakal (genitive šaakali, partitive šaakalit)

  1. jackal (Canis aureus)
    1. A reddish-yellow carnivorous predatory canid, native to South Asia, West Asia, North Africa and the Balkans.
      Eestis nähti šaakalit esmakordselt 2013. aastal.
      A jackal was first spotted in Estonia in 2013.
      Üksikuid rändavaid šaakaleid on kohatud üle kogu Eesti.
      Some errant jackals have been spotted all over Estonia.

Declension

Declension of šaakal (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative šaakal šaakalid
accusative nom.
gen. šaakali
genitive šaakalite
partitive šaakalit šaakaleid
illative šaakalisse šaakalitesse
šaakaleisse
inessive šaakalis šaakalites
šaakaleis
elative šaakalist šaakalitest
šaakaleist
allative šaakalile šaakalitele
šaakaleile
adessive šaakalil šaakalitel
šaakaleil
ablative šaakalilt šaakalitelt
šaakaleilt
translative šaakaliks šaakaliteks
šaakaleiks
terminative šaakalini šaakaliteni
essive šaakalina šaakalitena
abessive šaakalita šaakaliteta
comitative šaakaliga šaakalitega

Derived terms

  • šaakallik

References

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