kärbes
Estonian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Related to Finnish kärpänen, Ingrian kärpäin, Karelian kärbäne and Veps kärbhaine, from a Proto-Finnic root *kärp-.
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]kärbes (genitive kärbse, partitive kärbest)
- fly (insect)
Declension
[edit]| 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
[edit]- “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