käbi

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *käpü. Cognate with Finnish käpy and Votic tšäpü.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkæb̥i/, [ˈkæb̥i]
  • Rhymes: -æbi
  • Hyphenation: kä‧bi

Noun

käbi (genitive käbi, partitive käbi)

  1. cone (an elongated scaly formation developed from the female flowers of conifers, in which the seeds are located)

Declension

Declension of käbi (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative käbi käbid
accusative nom.
gen. käbi
genitive käbide
partitive käbi käbisid
illative käppi
käbisse 		käbidesse
inessive käbis käbides
elative käbist käbidest
allative käbile käbidele
adessive käbil käbidel
ablative käbilt käbidelt
translative käbiks käbideks
terminative käbini käbideni
essive käbina käbidena
abessive käbita käbideta
comitative käbiga käbidega

References

  • käbi in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • “käbi”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
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