kasulaps

Estonian

Etymology

kasu- (“to grow”) +‎ laps (“child”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑsuˌlɑps/, [ˈkɑsuˌlɑps]
• Rhymes: -ɑps
• Hyphenation: ka‧su‧laps

Noun

kasulaps (genitive kasulapse, partitive kasulast)

1. foster child

   Hyponyms: kasupoeg, kasutütar

   Near-synonym: võõraslaps

2. (dialectal) bastard, illegitimate child

Declension

Declension of kasulaps (ÕS type 14/uus, d/t-ø-s gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		kasulaps	kasulapsed
accusative	nom.
	gen.	kasulapse
genitive			kasulapste
partitive		kasulapst	kasulapsi
illative		kasulapsde kasulapsesse	kasulapstesse kasulapsisse
inessive		kasulapses	kasulapstes kasulapsis
elative		kasulapsest	kasulapstest kasulapsist
allative		kasulapsele	kasulapstele kasulapsile
adessive		kasulapsel	kasulapstel kasulapsil
ablative		kasulapselt	kasulapstelt kasulapsilt
translative		kasulapseks	kasulapsteks kasulapsiks
terminative		kasulapseni	kasulapsteni
essive		kasulapsena	kasulapstena
abessive		kasulapseta	kasulapsteta
comitative		kasulapsega	kasulapstega

References

• kasulaps in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “kasulaps”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009