parv
Estonian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Finnic *parvi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *parwɜ or *parɜ-wɜ. Cognate with Finnish parvi and Northern Khanty пөр (pør, “flock, group; raft”).
Noun
parv (genitive parve, partitive parve)
- a group of birds, fish, or insects; a flock, a swarm or a school
- a large unorganised group of people
- a large group of objects
Declension
| Declension of parv (ÕS type 22i/külm, length gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | parv | parved | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | parve | ||
| genitive | parvede | ||
| partitive | parve | parvi parvesid | |
| illative | parve parvesse |
parvedesse parvisse | |
| inessive | parves | parvedes parvis | |
| elative | parvest | parvedest parvist | |
| allative | parvele | parvedele parvile | |
| adessive | parvel | parvedel parvil | |
| ablative | parvelt | parvedelt parvilt | |
| translative | parveks | parvedeks parviks | |
| terminative | parveni | parvedeni | |
| essive | parvena | parvedena | |
| abessive | parveta | parvedeta | |
| comitative | parvega | parvedega | |
Etymology 2
From Proto-Finnic *parvi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric [Term?]. Possibly the same root as in parv (“flock”). Cognates include Finnish parvi (“balcony”), Northern Mansi [script needed] (pōra, “raft”), and Northern Selkup [script needed] (pōri̮, “barn, storage platform”).
Noun
parv (genitive parve, partitive parve)
Declension
| Declension of parv (ÕS type 22i/külm, length gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | parv | parved | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | parve | ||
| genitive | parvede | ||
| partitive | parve | parvi parvesid | |
| illative | parve parvesse |
parvedesse parvisse | |
| inessive | parves | parvedes parvis | |
| elative | parvest | parvedest parvist | |
| allative | parvele | parvedele parvile | |
| adessive | parvel | parvedel parvil | |
| ablative | parvelt | parvedelt parvilt | |
| translative | parveks | parvedeks parviks | |
| terminative | parveni | parvedeni | |
| essive | parvena | parvedena | |
| abessive | parveta | parvedeta | |
| comitative | parvega | parvedega | |
Old French
Etymology
Adjective
parv m
- (very rare) small
Synonyms
- petit (common)
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (parv). The citation given here may be the only known usage.