kärbes

Estonian

Etymology

Related to Finnish kärpänen, Ingrian kärpäin, Karelian kärbäne and Veps kärbhaine, from a Proto-Finnic root *kärp-.

Noun

kärbes (genitive kärbse, partitive kärbest)

1. fly (insect)

Declension

Declension of kärbes (ÕS type 7/kallas, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		kärbes	kärbsed
accusative	nom.
	gen.	kärbse
genitive			kärbeste
partitive		kärbest	kärbseid
illative		kärbsesse	kärbestesse kärbseisse
inessive		kärbses	kärbestes kärbseis
elative		kärbsest	kärbestest kärbseist
allative		kärbsele	kärbestele kärbseile
adessive		kärbsel	kärbestel kärbseil
ablative		kärbselt	kärbestelt kärbseilt
translative		kärbseks	kärbesteks kärbseiks
terminative		kärbseni	kärbesteni
essive		kärbsena	kärbestena
abessive		kärbseta	kärbesteta
comitative		kärbsega	kärbestega

Further reading

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