šaakal
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Mustselg-šaakal (Canis mesomelas) 
Šaakali leviala
Estonian
Etymology
From German Schakal, from French chacal, from Turkish çakal, from Persian شغال (šagâl), ultimately from Sanskrit सृगाल (sṛgālá).
Pronunciation
Noun
šaakal (genitive šaakali, partitive šaakalit)
- jackal (Canis aureus)
- A reddish-yellow carnivorous predatory canid, native to South Asia, West Asia, North Africa and the Balkans.
- Eestis nähti šaakalit esmakordselt 2013. aastal.
- A jackal was first spotted in Estonia in 2013.
- Üksikuid rändavaid šaakaleid on kohatud üle kogu Eesti.
- Some errant jackals have been spotted all over Estonia.
- A reddish-yellow carnivorous predatory canid, native to South Asia, West Asia, North Africa and the Balkans.
Declension
| Declension of šaakal (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | šaakal | šaakalid | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | šaakali | ||
| genitive | šaakalite | ||
| partitive | šaakalit | šaakaleid | |
| illative | šaakalisse | šaakalitesse šaakaleisse | |
| inessive | šaakalis | šaakalites šaakaleis | |
| elative | šaakalist | šaakalitest šaakaleist | |
| allative | šaakalile | šaakalitele šaakaleile | |
| adessive | šaakalil | šaakalitel šaakaleil | |
| ablative | šaakalilt | šaakalitelt šaakaleilt | |
| translative | šaakaliks | šaakaliteks šaakaleiks | |
| terminative | šaakalini | šaakaliteni | |
| essive | šaakalina | šaakalitena | |
| abessive | šaakalita | šaakaliteta | |
| comitative | šaakaliga | šaakalitega | |