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
accusative	nom.
	gen.	kärbi
genitive			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 [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
• “kärp”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• “kärp”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
• kärp in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)