kurg

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kurki.

Noun

kurg (genitive kure, partitive kurge)

1. crane (bird of the genus Grus)
2. (colloquial) stork

Declension

Declension of kurg (ÕS type 22i/külm, g-ø gradation)

	singular	plural
nominative	kurg	kured
accusative	kure	kured
genitive	kure	kurgede
partitive	kurge	kurgi kurgesid
illative	kurge kuresse	kurgedesse kurisse
inessive	kures	kurgedes kuris
elative	kurest	kurgedest kurist
allative	kurele	kurgedele kurile
adessive	kurel	kurgedel kuril
ablative	kurelt	kurgedelt kurilt
translative	kureks	kurgedeks kuriks
terminative	kureni	kurgedeni
essive	kurena	kurgedena
abessive	kureta	kurgedeta
comitative	kurega	kurgedega
Notes	1) The long illative singular form with -sse is rarely used for this declension type.

Synonyms

• toonekurg (stork):

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kurki.

Noun

kurg

1. crane

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kurki.

Noun

kurg

1. crane (bird)

Inflection

Inflection of kurg (inflection type 3/kivi)
nominative sing.	kurg
genitive sing.	kurgen
partitive sing.	kurged
partitive plur.	kurgid
	singular	plural
nominative	kurg	kurged
accusative	kurgen	kurged
genitive	kurgen	kurgiden
partitive	kurged	kurgid
essive-instructive	kurgen	kurgin
translative	kurgeks	kurgikš
inessive	kurges	kurgiš
elative	kurgespäi	kurgišpäi
illative	kurgehe	kurgihe
adessive	kurgel	kurgil
ablative	kurgelpäi	kurgilpäi
allative	kurgele	kurgile
abessive	kurgeta	kurgita
comitative	kurgenke	kurgidenke
prolative	kurgedme	kurgidme
approximative I	kurgenno	kurgidenno
approximative II	kurgennoks	kurgidennoks
egressive	kurgennopäi	kurgidennopäi
terminative I	kurgehesai	kurgihesai
terminative II	kurgelesai	kurgilesai
terminative III	kurgessai	—
additive I	kurgehepäi	kurgihepäi
additive II	kurgelepäi	kurgilepäi

Derived terms

• kurgenherneh

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “журавль”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika