rämps

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Estonian

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Etymology

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Sound-symbolic. Possibly from a Proto-Finnic stem, *rämV, with a sound-symbolic suffix *-s (*räm-s > rämps). Compare Finnish rämä (broken and unusable things, rubbish), dialectal rämpsa, rempsa, rämppä, rämy, ramu, Livvi rämä. Related to räme and Finnish rämistä.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈræmps/, [ˈræmps]
  • Rhymes: -æmps
  • Hyphenation: rämps

Adjective

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rämps (genitive rämpsu, partitive rämpsu, comparative rämpsum, superlative kõige rämpsum)

  1. poor, bad, of low quality
    Kelner tõi mingisugust rämpsu veini.The waiter brought some kind of junk wine.

Noun

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rämps (genitive rämpsu, partitive rämpsu)

  1. garbage, trash, rubbish (dirty, polluting waste, unnecessary stuff or clutter)
    Synonyms: prügi, praht
  2. (colloquial) trash, junk (something of poor quality or of no value)
    Synonym: praht
    1. (derogatory) unwanted (bad) people

Declension

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Declension of rämps (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative rämps rämpsud
accusative nom.
gen. rämpsu
genitive rämpsude
partitive rämpsu rämpse
rämpsusid
illative rämpsu
rämpsusse
rämpsudesse
rämpsesse
inessive rämpsus rämpsudes
rämpses
elative rämpsust rämpsudest
rämpsest
allative rämpsule rämpsudele
rämpsele
adessive rämpsul rämpsudel
rämpsel
ablative rämpsult rämpsudelt
rämpselt
translative rämpsuks rämpsudeks
rämpseks
terminative rämpsuni rämpsudeni
essive rämpsuna rämpsudena
abessive rämpsuta rämpsudeta
comitative rämpsuga rämpsudega

Derived terms

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Compounds

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References

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