karbas

See also: Karbaš

Estonian

Etymology

Borrowed into the literary language from Northeastern Estonian, ultimately borrowed from dialectal Finnish karppa, in the compound kala-karppa (“Podiceps, grebe”).

Noun

karbas (genitive karba, partitive karbast)

1. (uncommon) great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)

Declension

Declension of karbas (ÕS type 7/kallas, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		karbas	karbad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	karba
genitive			karbaste
partitive		karbast	karbaid
illative		karbasse	karbastesse karbaisse
inessive		karbas	karbastes karbais
elative		karbast	karbastest karbaist
allative		karbale	karbastele karbaile
adessive		karbal	karbastel karbail
ablative		karbalt	karbastelt karbailt
translative		karbaks	karbasteks karbaiks
terminative		karbani	karbasteni
essive		karbana	karbastena
abessive		karbata	karbasteta
comitative		karbaga	karbastega

Synonyms

• kormoran