tibla

Estonian

Etymology

Most likely from Russian витебля́нин (vitebljánin), because in the 19th century many Belarusians and Russians went to Estonia from the city.

Less likely from Russian ты бля (ty blja), a rude and vulgar form of address.

Was already in common use at the time of the Estonian War of Independence (1918-20) to denote non-local Russians. See also the Russian term кура́т (kurát).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtib̥lɑ/, [ˈtʲib̥lɑ]
• Rhymes: -iblɑ
• Hyphenation: tib‧la

Noun

tibla (genitive tibla, partitive tiblat)

1. (derogatory, ethnic slur, offensive) Russian, Russki
2. (derogatory, rare) Homo Sovieticus

Declension

Declension of tibla (ÕS type 16/pere, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		tibla	tiblad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	tibla
genitive			tiblade
partitive		tiblat	tiblasid
illative		tiblasse	tibladesse
inessive		tiblas	tiblades
elative		tiblast	tibladest
allative		tiblale	tibladele
adessive		tiblal	tibladel
ablative		tiblalt	tibladelt
translative		tiblaks	tibladeks
terminative		tiblani	tibladeni
essive		tiblana	tibladena
abessive		tiblata	tibladeta
comitative		tiblaga	tibladega

References

• tibla in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “tibla”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• “tibla”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012