Estonian edit

Etymology edit

From juur +‎ -ma. Cognate with Finnish juuria.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈjuːrimɑ/, [ˈjüːrimɑ]
  • Rhymes: -uːrimɑ
  • Hyphenation: juu‧ri‧ma

Verb edit

juurima (da-infinitive juurida)

  1. (transitive) to uproot, eradicate, extirpate, grub up, root, root up, deracinate.
    1. To pull up by the roots.
      Esimene redis on välja juuritud.
      The first radish has been uprooted.
    2. (figuratively) To get rid of something bad, definitively and decisively eliminate.
      Uus koalitsioon lubas korruptsiooni juurima hakata.
      The new coalition promised to start to eradicate corruption.
  2. (mathematics, arithmetic) To extract a root.

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