nirk

See also: nirk'

English

Etymology

From Hindi [Term?], from Persian.

Noun

nirk (plural nirks)

1. (India, historical) A tariff, rate, or current price, especially one established by authority.

Alternative forms

• nerick, nerik, nerrick, nerrik

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *nirkki.

Noun

nirk (genitive nirgi, partitive nirki)

1. least weasel (Mustela nivalis)

Declension

Declension of nirk (ÕS type 22e/riik, k-g gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		nirk	nirgid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	nirgi
genitive			nirkide
partitive		nirki	nirke nirkisid
illative		nirki nirgisse	nirkidesse nirgesse
inessive		nirgis	nirkides nirges
elative		nirgist	nirkidest nirgest
allative		nirgile	nirkidele nirgele
adessive		nirgil	nirkidel nirgel
ablative		nirgilt	nirkidelt nirgelt
translative		nirgiks	nirkideks nirgeks
terminative		nirgini	nirkideni
essive		nirgina	nirkidena
abessive		nirgita	nirkideta
comitative		nirgiga	nirkidega

Further reading

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