Estonian edit

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑrd̥ikɑs/, [ˈmɑrd̥ʲikˑɑs]
  • Rhymes: -ɑrdikɑs
  • Hyphenation: mar‧di‧kas

Noun edit

mardikas (genitive mardika, partitive mardikat)

  1. beetle

Declension edit

Declension of mardikas (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative mardikas mardikad
accusative nom.
gen. mardika
genitive mardikate
partitive mardikat mardikaid
illative mardikasse mardikatesse
mardikaisse
inessive mardikas mardikates
mardikais
elative mardikast mardikatest
mardikaist
allative mardikale mardikatele
mardikaile
adessive mardikal mardikatel
mardikail
ablative mardikalt mardikatelt
mardikailt
translative mardikaks mardikateks
mardikaiks
terminative mardikani mardikateni
essive mardikana mardikatena
abessive mardikata mardikateta
comitative mardikaga mardikatega

References edit

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