tibla
Estonian
Etymology
Most likely from Russian витебля́нин (vitebljánin), because in the 19th century many Belarusians and Russians went to Estonia from the city.
Less likely from Russian ты бля (ty blja), a rude and vulgar form of address.
Was already in common use at the time of the Estonian War of Independence (1918-20) to denote non-local Russians. See also the Russian term кура́т (kurát).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtib̥lɑ/, [ˈtʲib̥lɑ]
- Rhymes: -iblɑ
- Hyphenation: tib‧la
Noun
tibla (genitive tibla, partitive tiblat)
- (derogatory, ethnic slur, offensive) Russian, Russki
- (derogatory, rare) sovok, homo sovieticus
Declension
| Declension of tibla (ÕS type 16/pere, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | tibla | tiblad | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | tibla | ||
| genitive | tiblade | ||
| partitive | tiblat | tiblasid | |
| illative | tiblasse | tibladesse | |
| inessive | tiblas | tiblades | |
| elative | tiblast | tibladest | |
| allative | tiblale | tibladele | |
| adessive | tiblal | tibladel | |
| ablative | tiblalt | tibladelt | |
| translative | tiblaks | tibladeks | |
| terminative | tiblani | tibladeni | |
| essive | tiblana | tibladena | |
| abessive | tiblata | tibladeta | |
| comitative | tiblaga | tibladega | |
References
- tibla in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
- “tibla”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
- “tibla”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012