kärp

See also: karp, Karp, and kārp-

Estonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Finnic *kärppä. Compare Finnish kärppä, Livonian kǟrpa, Votic tšärppe.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkærp/, [ˈkærpˑ]

Noun

kärp (genitive kärbi, partitive kärpi)

  1. ermine, polecat, stoat (Mustela erminea)
    Synonyms: hermeliin, lahits

Declension
Declension of kärp (ÕS type 22e/riik, p-b gradation)
singular plural
nominative kärp kärbid
genitive kärbi kärpide
partitive kärpi kärpe
kärpisid
illative kärpi
kärbisse		 kärpidesse
kärbesse
inessive kärbis kärpides
kärbes
elative kärbist kärpidest
kärbest
allative kärbile kärpidele
kärbele
adessive kärbil kärpidel
kärbel
ablative kärbilt kärpidelt
kärbelt
translative kärbiks kärpideks
kärbeks
terminative kärbini kärpideni
essive kärbina kärpidena
abessive kärbita kärpideta
comitative kärbiga kärpidega

Further reading
  • kärp in Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik
  • M. Langemets, M. Tiits, T. Valdre, L. Veskis, Ü. Viks, P. Voll, editors (2009), “kärp”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language]‎ (online dictionary, in Estonian), 2nd edition, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation)
  • kärp in Raadik, M., editor (2018), Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, →ISBN
  • kärp in Sõnaveeb
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