ärtu

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Estonian

Etymology

From Swedish hjärter. Less likely from Middle Low German herte, which is also seen in the archaic/poetic term härtu (dear). As card games were first introduced to Estonia during the Swedish era, a borrowing from Swedish seems more likely.

Noun

ärtu (genitive ärtu, partitive ärtut)

  1. (card games) hearts

Declension

Declension of ärtu (ÕS type 16/pere, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative ärtu ärtud
accusative nom.
gen. ärtu
genitive ärtude
partitive ärtut ärtusid
illative ärtusse ärtudesse
inessive ärtus ärtudes
elative ärtust ärtudest
allative ärtule ärtudele
adessive ärtul ärtudel
ablative ärtult ärtudelt
translative ärtuks ärtudeks
terminative ärtuni ärtudeni
essive ärtuna ärtudena
abessive ärtuta ärtudeta
comitative ärtuga ärtudega

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