konkurss
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Estonian
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin concursus (“convergence, assembly”), via French concours.
Pronunciation
Noun
konkurss (genitive konkursi, partitive konkurssi)
- competition, contest
- Synonym: võistlus
- Korraldati konkurss uue teatrihoone projekti saamiseks.
- A competition was launched to design a new theatre building.
- Ülikooli arstiteaduskonda oli konkurss eriti suur: peaaegu viis üliõpilaskandidaati ühele kohale.
- The competition was particularly fierce in the faculty of medicine: almost five students applied for one place.
- (finance, law) judicial proceedings for the distribution of the assets of a debtor who has been declared insolvent between creditors through a body set up by their general meeting (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
Declension
| Declension of konkurss (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | konkurss | konkursid | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | konkursi | ||
| genitive | konkursside | ||
| partitive | konkurssi | konkursse konkurssisid | |
| illative | konkurssi konkursisse |
konkurssidesse konkursesse | |
| inessive | konkursis | konkurssides konkurses | |
| elative | konkursist | konkurssidest konkursest | |
| allative | konkursile | konkurssidele konkursele | |
| adessive | konkursil | konkurssidel konkursel | |
| ablative | konkursilt | konkurssidelt konkurselt | |
| translative | konkursiks | konkurssideks konkurseks | |
| terminative | konkursini | konkurssideni | |
| essive | konkursina | konkurssidena | |
| abessive | konkursita | konkurssideta | |
| comitative | konkursiga | konkurssidega | |
Compounds
Related terms
References
- konkurss in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
- “konkurss”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
Latvian
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin concursus. Sense 1 derives from Russian ко́нкурс (kónkurs), while sense 2 most likely derives from German Konkurs, itself from Latin concursus creditorum (“assembly of creditors”). Compare Lithuanian konkursas (“competition”).
Pronunciation
Noun
konkurss m (1st declension)
Declension
Declension of konkurss (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | konkurss | konkursi |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | konkursu | konkursus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | konkursa | konkursu |
| dative (datīvs) | konkursam | konkursiem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | konkursu | konkursiem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | konkursā | konkursos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | konkurs | konkursi |
References
- konkurss at tezaurs.lv