konkurss

Estonian

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin concursus (“convergence, assembly”), via French concours.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkonkursː/, [ˈkoŋkursː]
• Rhymes: -ursː
• Hyphenation: kon‧kurss

Noun

konkurss (genitive konkursi, partitive konkurssi)

1. competition, contest

   Synonym: võistlus

   Korraldati konkurss uue teatrihoone projekti saamiseks.

   A competition was launched to design a new theatre building.

   Ülikooli arstiteaduskonda oli konkurss eriti suur: peaaegu viis üliõpilaskandidaati ühele kohale.

   The competition was particularly fierce in the faculty of medicine: almost five students applied for one place.

2. (finance, law) judicial proceedings for the distribution of the assets of a debtor who has been declared insolvent between creditors through a body set up by their general meeting (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)

Declension

Declension of konkurss (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		konkurss	konkursid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	konkursi
genitive			konkursside
partitive		konkurssi	konkursse konkurssisid
illative		konkurssi konkursisse	konkurssidesse konkursesse
inessive		konkursis	konkurssides konkurses
elative		konkursist	konkurssidest konkursest
allative		konkursile	konkurssidele konkursele
adessive		konkursil	konkurssidel konkursel
ablative		konkursilt	konkurssidelt konkurselt
translative		konkursiks	konkurssideks konkurseks
terminative		konkursini	konkurssideni
essive		konkursina	konkurssidena
abessive		konkursita	konkurssideta
comitative		konkursiga	konkurssidega

Compounds

• arhitektuurikonkurss
• etluskonkurss
• fotokonkurss
• ideekonkurss
• jäljenduskonkurss
• laulukonkurss
• omaloomingukonkurss
• rollikonkurss
• sisseastumiskonkurss
• taidluskonkurss

 

• konkursikutse
• konkursiväline
• konkursiväljamüük

 

Related terms

• konkureerima
• konkurent
• konkurents

 

References

• konkurss in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “konkurss”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Latvian

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin concursus. Sense 1 derives from Russian ко́нкурс (kónkurs), while sense 2 most likely derives from German Konkurs, itself from Latin concursus creditorum (“assembly of creditors”). Compare Lithuanian konkursas (“competition”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔnkurs]

Noun

konkurss m (1st declension)

1. contest, competition
2. (finance, law) bankruptcy, insolvency

Declension

Declension of konkurss (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	konkurss	konkursi
accusative (akuzatīvs)	konkursu	konkursus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	konkursa	konkursu
dative (datīvs)	konkursam	konkursiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	konkursu	konkursiem
locative (lokatīvs)	konkursā	konkursos
vocative (vokatīvs)	konkurs	konkursi

References

• konkurss at tezaurs.lv