kobruleht

Estonian

Etymology

kober +‎ leht Literally: the foam leaf - for hairy underside of the leaf being reminiscent to a soft foam.

A burdock bush that is dominated by its leaves, and without noticable stem and burrs, is often commonly referred by the given synonym

Noun

kobruleht (genitive kobrulehe, partitive kobruleht)

1. (botany) burdock, Arctium; Synonym of takjas

   Ennemalt kasutati ikka kobrulehe juurika leotist erisugu nahahädade vastu. ― In the past, burdock root infusion was used for various skin ailments.

   1. (botany) Synonym of takjaleht; (the leaf of burdock)

      Põletikkus säär mähiti kobrulehtedesse. ― The inflamed leg was wrapped into burdock leaves.

      Omal kõrvad nigu kobrulehed, ent ikka ei kuule? ― Your ears are as big as burdock leaves, but still don't hear?

2. Synonym of kortsleht; (A (local) newspaper or magazine of low or neglectable significance); (An insignificant literary work):

   Mineva neljapäeval jooksin postkontoris kokku kohalikku kobrulehte kirjutajaga. ― Last Thursday, at the post office I ran into the writer to the local newspaper of insignificance.

   On siis sellise vahu kokku kirjutamine ühele enesest lugupidavale ajakirjanikule sobilik - nii pole teist peatselt enam muud järel, kui järjekordne kobruleht. ― Is writing up such a foam appropriate for any self-respecting journalist, that way there will be nothing left of your medium but yet another foam paper.

Declension

Declension of kobruleht (ÕS type 22i/külm, t-ø gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		kobruleht	kobrulehed
accusative	nom.
	gen.	kobrulehe
genitive			kobrulehtede
partitive		kobrulehte	kobrulehti kobrulehtesid
illative		kobrulehte kobrulehesse	kobrulehtedesse kobrulehisse
inessive		kobrulehes	kobrulehtedes kobrulehis
elative		kobrulehest	kobrulehtedest kobrulehist
allative		kobrulehele	kobrulehtedele kobrulehile
adessive		kobrulehel	kobrulehtedel kobrulehil
ablative		kobrulehelt	kobrulehtedelt kobrulehilt
translative		kobruleheks	kobrulehtedeks kobrulehiks
terminative		kobruleheni	kobrulehtedeni
essive		kobrulehena	kobrulehtedena
abessive		kobruleheta	kobrulehtedeta
comitative		kobrulehega	kobrulehtedega