kapuuts

Estonian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kapuze, from Italian cappuccio, ultimately from Medieval Latin caputium, either from caput (“head”) or cappa (“cape”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɑˈpuːts/, [kɑˈpuːts]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -uːts
  • Hyphenation: ka‧puuts

Noun

kapuuts (genitive kapuutsi, partitive kapuutsi)

  1. hood (bag-shaped headwear attached to another garment, such as a coat, jacket or cardigan)
    vihmamantli kapuuts ― the hood of a raincoat
    kapuutsiga palitu ― a hooded coat
    Ta tõmbas kapuutsi pähe. ― He put his hood up.
    kapuutsides nunnad ― hooded monks

Declension

Declension of kapuuts (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative kapuuts kapuutsid
accusative nom.
gen. kapuutsi
genitive kapuutside
partitive kapuutsi kapuutse
kapuutsisid
illative kapuutsi
kapuutsisse 		kapuutsidesse
kapuutsesse
inessive kapuutsis kapuutsides
kapuutses
elative kapuutsist kapuutsidest
kapuutsest
allative kapuutsile kapuutsidele
kapuutsele
adessive kapuutsil kapuutsidel
kapuutsel
ablative kapuutsilt kapuutsidelt
kapuutselt
translative kapuutsiks kapuutsideks
kapuutseks
terminative kapuutsini kapuutsideni
essive kapuutsina kapuutsidena
abessive kapuutsita kapuutsideta
comitative kapuutsiga kapuutsidega

Synonyms

  • paslik

Derived terms

  • kaputsiin
    • kaputsiinlane

References

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