kiirabi

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Ambulance in Suur-Karja street, Tallinn

Etymology

From kiire (“fast”) +‎ abi (“help”), calque of Russian ско́рая по́мощь (skóraja pómoščʹ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkiːrˌɑb̥i/,
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑbi
  • Hyphenation: kiir‧a‧bi

Noun

kiirabi (genitive kiirabi, partitive kiirabi)

  1. ambulance (emergency vehicle)
    Kutsuge kiirabi! ― Call an ambulance!

Declension

Declension of kiirabi (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kiirabi kiirabid
accusative nom.
gen. kiirabi
genitive kiirabide
partitive kiirabi kiirabisid
illative kiirappi
kiirabisse 		kiirabidesse
inessive kiirabis kiirabides
elative kiirabist kiirabidest
allative kiirabile kiirabidele
adessive kiirabil kiirabidel
ablative kiirabilt kiirabidelt
translative kiirabiks kiirabideks
terminative kiirabini kiirabideni
essive kiirabina kiirabidena
abessive kiirabita kiirabideta
comitative kiirabiga kiirabidega

Compounds

References

  • kiirabi in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • “kiirabi”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
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