sõstar

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See also: šoštar

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Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sëstar.

Pronunciation

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Noun

sõstar (genitive sõstra, partitive sõstart)

  1. currant (any bush of the genus Ribes)
  2. currant (fruit of the genus Ribes)

Declension

Declension of sõstar (ÕS type 8/küünal, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative sõstar sõstrad
accusative nom.
gen. sõstra
genitive sõstarde
partitive sõstart sõstraid
illative sõstrasse sõstardesse
sõstraisse
inessive sõstras sõstardes
sõstrais
elative sõstrast sõstardest
sõstraist
allative sõstrale sõstardele
sõstraile
adessive sõstral sõstardel
sõstrail
ablative sõstralt sõstardelt
sõstrailt
translative sõstraks sõstardeks
sõstraiks
terminative sõstrani sõstardeni
essive sõstrana sõstardena
abessive sõstrata sõstardeta
comitative sõstraga sõstardega

Further reading

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