arbuus
Estonian
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Russian арбуз (arbuz), from Turkic. Compare Ottoman Turkish خربز (harbüz), خربزه (harbüze), Tatar карбыз (qarbız), Bashkir ҡарбуз (qarbuz), Turkish karpuz, Ukrainian гарбуз (harbuz). Ultimately from Persian خربز (xarboz).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]arbuus (genitive arbuusi, partitive arbuusi)
- watermelon (plant)
- Synonym: vesimelon
- watermelon (fruit)
- Synonym: vesimelon
Declension
[edit]| Declension of arbuus (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | arbuus | arbuusid | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | arbuusi | ||
| genitive | arbuuside | ||
| partitive | arbuusi | arbuuse arbuusisid | |
| illative | arbuusi arbuusisse |
arbuusidesse arbuusesse | |
| inessive | arbuusis | arbuusides arbuuses | |
| elative | arbuusist | arbuusidest arbuusest | |
| allative | arbuusile | arbuusidele arbuusele | |
| adessive | arbuusil | arbuusidel arbuusel | |
| ablative | arbuusilt | arbuusidelt arbuuselt | |
| translative | arbuusiks | arbuusideks arbuuseks | |
| terminative | arbuusini | arbuusideni | |
| essive | arbuusina | arbuusidena | |
| abessive | arbuusita | arbuusideta | |
| comitative | arbuusiga | arbuusidega | |
Further reading
[edit]- “arbuus”, 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
- “arbuus”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
- “arbuus”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
- arbuus in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)