rämps
See also: ramps
Estonian
Etymology
Sound-symbolic. Possibly from a Proto-Finnic stem, *rämV, with a sound-symbolic suffix *-s (*räm-s > rämps). Compare Finnish rämä (“broken and unusable things, rubbish”), dialectal rämpsa, rempsa, rämppä, rämy, ramu, Livvi rämä. Related to räme and Finnish rämistä.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈræmps/, [ˈræmps]
- Rhymes: -æmps
- Hyphenation: rämps
Adjective
rämps (genitive rämpsu, partitive rämpsu, comparative rämpsum, superlative kõige rämpsum)
- poor, bad, of low quality
- Kelner tõi mingisugust rämpsu veini. ― The waiter brought some kind of junk wine.
Noun
rämps (genitive rämpsu, partitive rämpsu)
- garbage, trash, rubbish (dirty, polluting waste, unnecessary stuff or clutter)
- Synonyms: prügi, praht
- (colloquial) trash, junk (something of poor quality or of no value)
- Synonym: praht
- (derogatory) unwanted (bad) people
Declension
| Declension of rämps (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | rämps | rämpsud | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | rämpsu | ||
| genitive | rämpsude | ||
| partitive | rämpsu | rämpse rämpsusid | |
| illative | rämpsu rämpsusse |
rämpsudesse rämpsesse | |
| inessive | rämpsus | rämpsudes rämpses | |
| elative | rämpsust | rämpsudest rämpsest | |
| allative | rämpsule | rämpsudele rämpsele | |
| adessive | rämpsul | rämpsudel rämpsel | |
| ablative | rämpsult | rämpsudelt rämpselt | |
| translative | rämpsuks | rämpsudeks rämpseks | |
| terminative | rämpsuni | rämpsudeni | |
| essive | rämpsuna | rämpsudena | |
| abessive | rämpsuta | rämpsudeta | |
| comitative | rämpsuga | rämpsudega | |
Derived terms
- rämpsune
Compounds
- inimrämps
- rahvarämps
- rämpspost
- rämpstoit
- rämpsuhunnik