metspipar

Estonian

Etymology

From mets (“forest”) +‎ pipar (“pepper”), because of its peppery smell and bitter taste.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmetsˌpipɑr/, [ˈmetsˌpipˑɑr]
  • Rhymes: -ipɑr
  • Hyphenation: mets‧pi‧par

Noun

metspipar (genitive metspipra, partitive metspipart)

  1. hazelwort (Asarum europaeum)

Declension
Declension of metspipar (ÕS type 8/küünal, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative metspipar metspiprad
accusative nom.
gen. metspipra
genitive metspiparde
partitive metspipart metspipraid
illative metspiprasse metspipardesse
metspipraisse
inessive metspipras metspipardes
metspiprais
elative metspiprast metspipardest
metspipraist
allative metspiprale metspipardele
metspipraile
adessive metspipral metspipardel
metspiprail
ablative metspipralt metspipardelt
metspiprailt
translative metspipraks metspipardeks
metspipraiks
terminative metspiprani metspipardeni
essive metspiprana metspipardena
abessive metspiprata metspipardeta
comitative metspipraga metspipardega

References
  • metspipar in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • “metspipar”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.