kass

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See also: kāss

Estonian

Etymology

Most likely from a dialectal variant of Russian кошка (koška). Possibly an older loan from Old East Slavic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈ`kɑsʲs/ invalid IPA characters (`), [ˈ`kɑsʲs] invalid IPA characters (`)

Noun

kass (genitive kassi, partitive kassi)

  1. cat

Declension

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Derived terms

References

  • Raimo Raag. (2015), A Criterion for Old Age, section “Word stems in modern standard Estonian of Old East Slavic origin”, in Книгамъ бо есть неищетная глубина: Essays in Honour of Irina Lysén.
  • “kass”, 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
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