koobas

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kooppa. Cognate to Finnish kuoppa, Votic kooppa, and Veps kop. Compare also Eastern Mari куп (kup, bog), Udmurt гоп (gop, hole), and Komi-Zyrian гӧп (göp, small lake, hole).

Noun

koobas (genitive koopa, partitive koobast)

  1. cave

Declension

Declension of koobas (ÕS type 7/kallas, p-b gradation)
singular plural
nominative koobas koopad
accusative nom.
gen. koopa
genitive koobaste
partitive koobast koopaid
illative koopasse koobastesse
koopaisse
inessive koopas koobastes
koopais
elative koopast koobastest
koopaist
allative koopale koobastele
koopaile
adessive koopal koobastel
koopail
ablative koopalt koobastelt
koopailt
translative koopaks koobasteks
koopaiks
terminative koopani koobasteni
essive koopana koobastena
abessive koopata koobasteta
comitative koopaga koobastega

Further reading

  • koobas”, 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
  • koobas”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • koobas”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
  • koobas in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
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