murd

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *murto, equivalent to murdma +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmurd̥/, [ˈmurd̥]
• Rhymes: -urd
• Hyphenation: murd

Noun

murd (genitive murru, partitive murdu)

1. fracture
2. (arithmetic) fraction
3. crowd, thong (usually of cars or people)
4. quarry (a place where building stones are mined)

   Synonym: kivimurd

5. dead wood

Declension

Declension of murd (ÕS type 22e/riik, rd-rr gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		murd	murrud
accusative	nom.
	gen.	murru
genitive			murdude
partitive		murdu	murde murdusid
illative		murdu murrusse	murdudesse murresse
inessive		murrus	murdudes murres
elative		murrust	murdudest murrest
allative		murrule	murdudele murrele
adessive		murrul	murdudel murrel
ablative		murrult	murdudelt murrelt
translative		murruks	murdudeks murreks
terminative		murruni	murdudeni
essive		murruna	murdudena
abessive		murruta	murdudeta
comitative		murruga	murdudega

Compounds

• inimmurd
• jalaluumurd
• kipsimurd
• kivimurd
• koljumurd
• kriidimurd
• kümnendmurd
• lainemurd
• lihtmurd
• liigmurd
• lumemurd
• luumurd
• läbimurd
• marmorimurd
• paemurd
• rahvamurd
• rangluumurd
• reieluumurd
• roidemurd
• selgroomurd
• sissemurd
• tormimurd
• tuulemurd

 

References

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