mardikas

Estonian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑrd̥ikɑs/, [ˈmɑrd̥ʲikˑɑs]
• Rhymes: -ɑrdikɑs
• Hyphenation: mar‧di‧kas

Noun

mardikas (genitive mardika, partitive mardikat)

1. beetle

Declension

Declension of mardikas (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		mardikas	mardikad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	mardika
genitive			mardikate
partitive		mardikat	mardikaid
illative		mardikasse	mardikatesse mardikaisse
inessive		mardikas	mardikates mardikais
elative		mardikast	mardikatest mardikaist
allative		mardikale	mardikatele mardikaile
adessive		mardikal	mardikatel mardikail
ablative		mardikalt	mardikatelt mardikailt
translative		mardikaks	mardikateks mardikaiks
terminative		mardikani	mardikateni
essive		mardikana	mardikatena
abessive		mardikata	mardikateta
comitative		mardikaga	mardikatega

References

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