parv

Estonian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *parvi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *parwɜ or *parɜ-wɜ. Cognate with Finnish parvi and Northern Khanty пөр (pør, “flock, group; raft”).

Noun

parv (genitive parve, partitive parve)

1. a group of birds, fish, or insects; a flock, a swarm or a school
2. a large unorganised group of people
3. a large group of objects

Declension

Declension of parv (ÕS type 22i/külm, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		parv	parved
accusative	nom.
	gen.	parve
genitive			parvede
partitive		parve	parvi parvesid
illative		parve parvesse	parvedesse parvisse
inessive		parves	parvedes parvis
elative		parvest	parvedest parvist
allative		parvele	parvedele parvile
adessive		parvel	parvedel parvil
ablative		parvelt	parvedelt parvilt
translative		parveks	parvedeks parviks
terminative		parveni	parvedeni
essive		parvena	parvedena
abessive		parveta	parvedeta
comitative		parvega	parvedega

Etymology 2

From Proto-Finnic *parvi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric [Term?]. Possibly the same root as in parv (“flock”). Cognates include Finnish parvi (“balcony”), Northern Mansi [script needed] (pōra, “raft”), and Northern Selkup [script needed] (pōri̮, “barn, storage platform”).

Noun

parv (genitive parve, partitive parve)

1. raft

Declension

Declension of parv (ÕS type 22i/külm, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		parv	parved
accusative	nom.
	gen.	parve
genitive			parvede
partitive		parve	parvi parvesid
illative		parve parvesse	parvedesse parvisse
inessive		parves	parvedes parvis
elative		parvest	parvedest parvist
allative		parvele	parvedele parvile
adessive		parvel	parvedel parvil
ablative		parvelt	parvedelt parvilt
translative		parveks	parvedeks parviks
terminative		parveni	parvedeni
essive		parvena	parvedena
abessive		parveta	parvedeta
comitative		parvega	parvedega

Old French

Etymology

Latin parvus.

Adjective

parv m

1. (very rare) small

Synonyms

• petit (common)

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (parv). The citation given here may be the only known usage.