parukas

Estonian

parukas

Etymology

From German Parucke, dialectal form of Perücke, +‎ -as. First attested in 1780.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑrukɑs/, [ˈpɑrukˑɑs]
• Rhymes: -ukɑs
• Hyphenation: pa‧ru‧kas

Noun

parukas (genitive paruka, partitive parukat)

1. wig, peruke (a covering of hair or hair-like material that replaces or conceals the wearer's own hair)

Declension

Declension of parukas (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		parukas	parukad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	paruka
genitive			parukate
partitive		parukat	parukaid
illative		parukasse	parukatesse parukaisse
inessive		parukas	parukates parukais
elative		parukast	parukatest parukaist
allative		parukale	parukatele parukaile
adessive		parukal	parukatel parukail
ablative		parukalt	parukatelt parukailt
translative		parukaks	parukateks parukaiks
terminative		parukani	parukateni
essive		parukana	parukatena
abessive		parukata	parukateta
comitative		parukaga	parukatega

Compounds

• poolparukas

• parukategija

References

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