kirst

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kirstu. Cognate with Finnish kirstu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkirst/, [ˈkirst]
• Rhymes: -irst
• Hyphenation: kirst

Noun

kirst (genitive kirstu, partitive kirstu)

1. chest, trunk (strong box)
2. coffin (box in which a dead person is buried)

   Synonyms: puusärk, sark, surnukirst

Declension

Declension of kirst (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		kirst	kirstud
accusative	nom.
	gen.	kirstu
genitive			kirstude
partitive		kirstu	kirste kirstusid
illative		kirstu kirstusse	kirstudesse kirstesse
inessive		kirstus	kirstudes kirstes
elative		kirstust	kirstudest kirstest
allative		kirstule	kirstudele kirstele
adessive		kirstul	kirstudel kirstel
ablative		kirstult	kirstudelt kirstelt
translative		kirstuks	kirstudeks kirsteks
terminative		kirstuni	kirstudeni
essive		kirstuna	kirstudena
abessive		kirstuta	kirstudeta
comitative		kirstuga	kirstudega

Compounds

• jahukirst
• kaasavarakirst
• kivikirst
• külmakirst
• külmkirst
• pesukirst
• pruudikirst
• pulmakirst
• puukirst
• reisikirst
• riidekirst
• rõivakirst
• surnukirst
• sügavkülmkirst
• tammekirst
• tinakirst
• tsinkkirst
• veimekirst
• viljakirst

• kirstukaas
• kirstumatus
• kirstumees
• kirstunael
• kirstupanek
• kirsturaha
• kirstutegija
• kirstutäis

References

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