käärid

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Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German schere, from Proto-West Germanic *skeran, from Proto-Germanic *skeraną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-.

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Noun

käärid (genitive kääride, partitive kääre)

  1. scissors (tool used for cutting)
  2. (by extension, figuratively) contradiction, difference, discrepancy
    Synonyms: diferents, erinevus, kuristik, lahknevus, lahkuminek, vahe

Declension

Declension of käärid (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative käärid
accusative nom.
gen.
genitive kääride
partitive kääre
käärisid
illative kääridesse
kääresse
inessive käärides
kääres
elative kääridest
käärest
allative kääridele
käärele
adessive kääridel
käärel
ablative kääridelt
käärelt
translative käärideks
kääreks
terminative käärideni
essive kääridena
abessive käärideta
comitative kääridega

Derived terms

nouns

Further reading

  • käärid”, in Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
  • käärid”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • käärid”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
  • käärid in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)