rebane

See also: Rebane, rebané, rebañe, and rebañé

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *repäinen, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *repä, likely a loan from Proto-Indo-Iranian *reupōśo-. Compare Persian روباه‎ (rubâh, “fox”) and Avestan 𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬞𐬌‎ (urupi, “certain breed of dog”). Cognate of Finnish repo and Veps reboi. See also rebu.

Noun

rebane (genitive rebase, partitive rebast)

1. red fox
2. fox
3. (informal) A greenie; a beginner, a novice, a freshman in university

Declension

Inflection of rebane (ÕS type 10/soolane, no gradation)

	singular	plural
nominative	rebane	rebased
accusative	rebase	rebased
genitive	rebase	rebaste
partitive	rebast	rebaseid
illative	rebasesse	rebastesse rebaseisse
inessive	rebases	rebastes rebaseis
elative	rebasest	rebastest rebaseist
allative	rebasele	rebastele rebaseile
adessive	rebasel	rebastel rebaseil
ablative	rebaselt	rebastelt rebaseilt
translative	rebaseks	rebasteks rebaseiks
terminative	rebaseni	rebasteni
essive	rebasena	rebastena
abessive	rebaseta	rebasteta
comitative	rebasega	rebastega

Derived terms

• hõberebane

References

http://www.eki.ee/dict/ety/index.cgi?Q=rebane&F=M&C06=et

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Spanish

Verb

rebane

1. inflection of rebanar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative