rämps

See also: ramps

Estonian

Etymology

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

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

Adjective

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

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

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

• rämpsune

 

Compounds

• inimrämps
• rahvarämps

 

• rämpspost
• rämpstoit
• rämpsuhunnik

 

References

• 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