kurb
Estonian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old East Slavic скърбь (skŭrbĭ), from Proto-Slavic *skъrbъ, cf. Russian скорбь (skorbʹ), Serbo-Croatian skrb. Cognate to Votic kurpa. Possibly a Baltic loan, compare Lithuanian skurbė (“grief”).
Adjective
kurb (genitive kurva, partitive kurba, comparative kurvam, superlative kõige kurvam)
Declension
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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.