mõru
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Estonian
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Adjective
mõru (genitive mõru or mõruda (colloquial), partitive mõru or mõrudat (colloquial), comparative mõrum, superlative kõige mõrum)
- bitter (having an acrid taste)
- (figuratively) bitter (resentful)
Declension
Declension of mõru (type elu)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mõru | mõrud |
| genitive | mõru | mõrude |
| partitive | mõru | mõrusid |
| illative | mõrusse | mõrudesse |
| inessive | mõrus | mõrudes |
| elative | mõrust | mõrudest |
| allative | mõrule | mõrudele |
| adessive | mõrul | mõrudel |
| ablative | mõrult | mõrudelt |
| translative | mõruks | mõrudeks |
| terminative | mõruni | mõrudeni |
| essive | mõruna | mõrudena |
| abessive | mõruta | mõrudeta |
| comitative | mõruga | mõrudega |
(colloquial):
| Declension of mõru (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | mõru | mõrudad | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | mõruda | ||
| genitive | mõrudate | ||
| partitive | mõrudat | mõrudaid | |
| illative | mõrudasse | mõrudatesse mõrudaisse | |
| inessive | mõrudas | mõrudates mõrudais | |
| elative | mõrudast | mõrudatest mõrudaist | |
| allative | mõrudale | mõrudatele mõrudaile | |
| adessive | mõrudal | mõrudatel mõrudail | |
| ablative | mõrudalt | mõrudatelt mõrudailt | |
| translative | mõrudaks | mõrudateks mõrudaiks | |
| terminative | mõrudani | mõrudateni | |
| essive | mõrudana | mõrudatena | |
| abessive | mõrudata | mõrudateta | |
| comitative | mõrudaga | mõrudatega | |
Synonyms
Derived terms
Further reading
- “mõru”, in Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
- “mõru”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
- “mõru”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
- mõru in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)