arbuus

Estonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian арбуз (arbuz), from Turkic. Compare Ottoman Turkish خربز (harbüz), خربزه (harbüze), Tatar карбыз (qarbız), Bashkir ҡарбуз (qarbuz), Turkish karpuz, Ukrainian гарбуз (harbuz). Ultimately from Persian خربز (xarboz).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɑrˈb̥uːs/, [ɑrˈb̥uːs]

Noun

arbuus (genitive arbuusi, partitive arbuusi)

  1. watermelon (plant)
    Synonym: vesimelon
  2. watermelon (fruit)
    Synonym: vesimelon

Declension
Declension of arbuus (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative arbuus arbuusid
accusative nom.
gen. arbuusi
genitive arbuuside
partitive arbuusi arbuuse
arbuusisid
illative arbuusi
arbuusisse		 arbuusidesse
arbuusesse
inessive arbuusis arbuusides
arbuuses
elative arbuusist arbuusidest
arbuusest
allative arbuusile arbuusidele
arbuusele
adessive arbuusil arbuusidel
arbuusel
ablative arbuusilt arbuusidelt
arbuuselt
translative arbuusiks arbuusideks
arbuuseks
terminative arbuusini arbuusideni
essive arbuusina arbuusidena
abessive arbuusita arbuusideta
comitative arbuusiga arbuusidega

Further reading
  • “arbuus”, in [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
  • “arbuus”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • “arbuus”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
  • arbuus in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
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