From Middle Low German verwe, varwe. Compare Finnish väri, Swedish färg, Norwegian farge, Danish farve, Dutch verf and German Farbe. All derived from Proto-Germanic *farwō, from Proto-Indo-European *per-, *perḱ- (“motley, coloured”). Distant cognate with Latin pulcher (“beauty”).
värv (genitive värvi, partitive värvi)
| Declension of värv (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | värv | värvid | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | värvi | ||
| genitive | värvide | ||
| partitive | värvi | värve värvisid | |
| illative | värvi värvisse |
värvidesse värvesse | |
| inessive | värvis | värvides värves | |
| elative | värvist | värvidest värvest | |
| allative | värvile | värvidele värvele | |
| adessive | värvil | värvidel värvel | |
| ablative | värvilt | värvidelt värvelt | |
| translative | värviks | värvideks värveks | |
| terminative | värvini | värvideni | |
| essive | värvina | värvidena | |
| abessive | värvita | värvideta | |
| comitative | värviga | värvidega | |