kärbes

Estonian

Etymology

Related to Finnish kärpänen, Ingrian kärpäin, Karelian kärbäne and Veps kärbhaine, from a Proto-Finnic root *kärp-.

Pronunciation

Noun

kärbes (genitive kärbse, partitive kärbest)

  1. fly (insect)

Declension

Declension of kärbes (ÕS type 7/kallas, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative kärbes kärbsed
accusative nom.
gen. kärbse
genitive kärbeste
partitive kärbest kärbseid
illative kärbsesse kärbestesse
kärbseisse
inessive kärbses kärbestes
kärbseis
elative kärbsest kärbestest
kärbseist
allative kärbsele kärbestele
kärbseile
adessive kärbsel kärbestel
kärbseil
ablative kärbselt kärbestelt
kärbseilt
translative kärbseks kärbesteks
kärbseiks
terminative kärbseni kärbesteni
essive kärbsena kärbestena
abessive kärbseta kärbesteta
comitative kärbsega kärbestega

Further reading

  • “kärbes”, 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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