kurb

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Estonian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old East Slavic скърбь (skŭrbĭ), from Proto-Slavic *skъrbъ, cf. Russian скорбь (skorbʹ), Serbo-Croatian skrb. Cognate to Votic kurpa. Possibly a Baltic loan, compare Lithuanian skurbė (grief).

Adjective

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kurb (genitive kurva, partitive kurba, comparative kurvem, superlative kõige kurvem or kurvim)

  1. sad

Declension

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Declension of kurb (ÕS type 22i/külm, b-v gradation)
singular plural
nominative kurb kurvad
accusative nom.
gen. kurva
genitive kurbade
partitive kurba kurbi
kurbasid
illative kurba
kurvasse
kurbadesse
kurvisse
inessive kurvas kurbades
kurvis
elative kurvast kurbadest
kurvist
allative kurvale kurbadele
kurvile
adessive kurval kurbadel
kurvil
ablative kurvalt kurbadelt
kurvilt
translative kurvaks kurbadeks
kurviks
terminative kurvani kurbadeni
essive kurvana kurbadena
abessive kurvata kurbadeta
comitative kurvaga kurbadega

References

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Raimo Raag. (2015), A Criterion for Old Age, section “Word stems in modern standard Estonian of Old East Slavic origin”, in Книгамъ бо есть неищетная глубина: Essays in Honour of Irina Lysén.