hirv

Estonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Finnic *hirvi, from Balto-Slavic. Compare Finnish hirvi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhirv/, [ˈ(h)irv]

Noun

hirv (genitive hirve, partitive hirve)

1. deer (any animal of the family Cervidae)

Declension

Declension of hirv (ÕS type 22i/külm, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		hirv	hirved
accusative	nom.
	gen.	hirve
genitive			hirvede
partitive		hirve	hirvi hirvesid
illative		hirve hirvesse	hirvedesse hirvisse
inessive		hirves	hirvedes hirvis
elative		hirvest	hirvedest hirvist
allative		hirvele	hirvedele hirvile
adessive		hirvel	hirvedel hirvil
ablative		hirvelt	hirvedelt hirvilt
translative		hirveks	hirvedeks hirviks
terminative		hirveni	hirvedeni
essive		hirvena	hirvedena
abessive		hirveta	hirvedeta
comitative		hirvega	hirvedega

References

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

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *hirvi.

Noun

hirv

1. elk