karske

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Estonian

Etymology

From Middle Low German karsch. First attested in 1458.

Pronunciation

Adjective

karske (genitive karske, partitive karsket, comparative karskem, superlative kõige karskem)

  1. sober; abstinent, teetotal (not consuming alcohol)
    Near-synonym: kaine
  2. chaste (morally (sexually) pure)
  3. fresh refreshing
    Synonym: karge

Declension

Declension of karske (ÕS type 1/ohutu, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative karske karsked
accusative nom.
gen. karske
genitive karskete
partitive karsket karskeid
illative karskesse karsketesse
karskeisse
inessive karskes karsketes
karskeis
elative karskest karsketest
karskeist
allative karskele karsketele
karskeile
adessive karskel karsketel
karskeil
ablative karskelt karsketelt
karskeilt
translative karskeks karsketeks
karskeiks
terminative karskeni karsketeni
essive karskena karsketena
abessive karsketa karsketeta
comitative karskega karsketega

Derived terms

References

  • karske in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • karske”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • Jüri Viikberg (2016) “karske”, in Alamsaksa laensõnad eesti keeles [Low German Loanwords in the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online dictionary)

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkaʂkə/, /ˈkaʁskə/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aʂkə, -aʁskə, -arskə
  • Hyphenation: kars‧ke

Adjective

karske

  1. definite singular of karsk
  2. plural of karsk

Anagrams

Swedish

Adjective

karske

  1. definite natural masculine singular of karsk