kärp
Estonian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Finnic *kärppä. Compare Finnish kärppä, Livonian kǟrpa, Votic tšärppe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkærp/, [ˈkærpˑ]
Noun
kärp (genitive kärbi, partitive kärpi)
- ermine, polecat, stoat (Mustela erminea)
- Synonyms: hermeliin, lahits
Declension
| 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
- “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)