käsn
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Estonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *käsnä, further origin unknown. Cognates include Finnish känsä (“callus”), Votic tšäzne (“burl”), Ingrian käznä (“callus”), Ludian käzne (“callus”), Veps käzn (“callus”) and possibly Livvi käžn'y (“reed”).
Pronunciation
Noun
käsn (genitive käsna, partitive käsna)
- sponge, bath sponge (material used for washing or cleaning)
- (zoology, in the plural) sponge, sea sponge (Porifera)
- conk (formation of fungi on a tree)
- (pathology) wart
- Synonym: tüügas
- (colloquial) an old person
Declension
| Declension of käsn (ÕS type 22i/külm, length gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | käsn | käsnad | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | käsna | ||
| genitive | käsnade | ||
| partitive | käsna | käsni käsnasid | |
| illative | käsna käsnasse |
käsnadesse käsnisse | |
| inessive | käsnas | käsnades käsnis | |
| elative | käsnast | käsnadest käsnist | |
| allative | käsnale | käsnadele käsnile | |
| adessive | käsnal | käsnadel käsnil | |
| ablative | käsnalt | käsnadelt käsnilt | |
| translative | käsnaks | käsnadeks käsniks | |
| terminative | käsnani | käsnadeni | |
| essive | käsnana | käsnadena | |
| abessive | käsnata | käsnadeta | |
| comitative | käsnaga | käsnadega | |