karbas
Estonian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed into the literary language from Northeastern Estonian, ultimately borrowed from dialectal Finnish karppa, in the compound kala-karppa (“Podiceps, grebe”).
Noun edit
karbas (genitive karba, partitive karbast)
- (uncommon) great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Declension edit
| Declension of karbas (ÕS type 7/kallas, length gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | karbas | karbad | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | karba | ||
| genitive | karbaste | ||
| partitive | karbast | karbaid | |
| illative | karbasse | karbastesse karbaisse | |
| inessive | karbas | karbastes karbais | |
| elative | karbast | karbastest karbaist | |
| allative | karbale | karbastele karbaile | |
| adessive | karbal | karbastel karbail | |
| ablative | karbalt | karbastelt karbailt | |
| translative | karbaks | karbasteks karbaiks | |
| terminative | karbani | karbasteni | |
| essive | karbana | karbastena | |
| abessive | karbata | karbasteta | |
| comitative | karbaga | karbastega | |