kass

See also: kāss and Kass

Estonian edit

Most likely from a dialectal variant of Russian ко́шка (kóška). Possibly an older loan from Old East Slavic [Term?].

kass (genitive kassi, partitive kassi)

Declension of kass (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		kass	kassid
accusative	nom.	kass
accusative	gen.	kassi
genitive		kassi	kasside
partitive		kassi	kasse kassisid
illative		kassi kassisse	kassidesse kassesse
inessive		kassis	kassides kasses
elative		kassist	kassidest kassest
allative		kassile	kassidele kassele
adessive		kassil	kassidel kassel
ablative		kassilt	kassidelt kasselt
translative		kassiks	kassideks kasseks
terminative		kassini	kassideni
essive		kassina	kassidena
abessive		kassita	kassideta
comitative		kassiga	kassidega

Raimo Raag. (2015), A Criterion for Old Age, section “Word stems in modern standard Estonian of Old East Slavic origin”, in Книгамъ бо есть неищетная глубина: Essays in Honour of Irina Lysén.
“kass”, in [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014

kass (comparative kassare, superlative kassast)

Inflection of kass
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative²
Common singular	kass	kassare	kassast
Neuter singular	kasst	kassare	kassast
Plural	kassa	kassare	kassast
Masculine plural³	kasse	kassare	kassast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular¹	kasse	kassare	kassaste
All	kassa	kassare	kassaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

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