terav

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *teräbä.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈterɑv/, [ˈterɑv]
• Rhymes: -erɑv
• Hyphenation: te‧rav

Adjective

terav (genitive terava, partitive teravat, comparative teravam, superlative kõige teravam)

1. sharp, pointed
2. keen
3. distinct, clear, clear-cut
4. perspicacious, acute, shrewd, astute
5. sudden, quick

Declension

Declension of terav (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		terav	teravad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	terava
genitive			teravate
partitive		teravat	teravaid
illative		teravasse	teravatesse teravaisse
inessive		teravas	teravates teravais
elative		teravast	teravatest teravaist
allative		teravale	teravatele teravaile
adessive		teraval	teravatel teravail
ablative		teravalt	teravatelt teravailt
translative		teravaks	teravateks teravaiks
terminative		teravani	teravateni
essive		teravana	teravatena
abessive		teravata	teravateta
comitative		teravaga	teravatega

References

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

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *teräbä.

Adjective

terav

1. sharp

Declension

Inflection of terav (inflection type 6/kuva)
nominative sing.	terav
genitive sing.	teravan
partitive sing.	teravad
partitive plur.	teravid
	singular	plural
nominative	terav	teravad
accusative	teravan	teravad
genitive	teravan	teraviden
partitive	teravad	teravid
essive-instructive	teravan	teravin
translative	teravaks	teravikš
inessive	teravas	teraviš
elative	teravaspäi	teravišpäi
illative	teravaha	teravihe
adessive	teraval	teravil
ablative	teravalpäi	teravilpäi
allative	teravale	teravile
abessive	teravata	teravita
comitative	teravanke	teravidenke
prolative	teravadme	teravidme
approximative I	teravanno	teravidenno
approximative II	teravannoks	teravidennoks
egressive	teravannopäi	teravidennopäi
terminative I	teravahasai	teravihesai
terminative II	teravalesai	teravilesai
terminative III	teravassai	—
additive I	teravahapäi	teravihepäi
additive II	teravalepäi	teravilepäi