karst
See also: Karst, kärṣt-, and kärst-
English
WOTD – 18 January 2010
Etymology
Borrowed from German Karst. The German term and the Slovene placename Kras (the Karst Plateau) are from Proto-Slavic *korsъ, from Italo-Dalmatian carsus (cf. Italian carso), of Illyrian origin, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *karra (“rock”).[1] More at Karst.
The metathesis in the Slovene term precludes German borrowing from Slovene.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: käst, IPA(key): /kɑːst/
- (General American) enPR: kärst, IPA(key): /kɑɹst/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)st
- Homophones: cast, caste (in some non-rhotic accents)
Noun
karst (plural karsts)
- (geology) A type of land formation, usually with many caves formed through the dissolving of limestone by underground drainage.
- 1978, The Karst of Kweilin, Southern China, “The Geographical Journal”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 144, number 2, page 200:
- In the time available to us on our geomorphological tour we were not able to see the higher and younger karsts of Kweichow and Yunnan and Kunming.
- 2009 May 29, “Katherine Harmon”, in Top 10 New Species Discovered in 2008[ScientificAmerican.com]:
- The shells are just 0.04 inch (one millimeter) long and were found on a karst formation where conditions are damp, but the snails that inhabit them have yet to be observed.
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Derived terms
- karstic
- karstology
- thermokarst
- glaciokarst
- paleokarst
Translations
type of land formation
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References
- Gams, I., Kras v Sloveniji — v prostoru in casu (Karst in Slovenia in space and time), 2003
Further reading
karst on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Stark, Trask, karts, skart, stark
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from German Karst.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɑrst/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: karst
- Rhymes: -ɑrst
Noun
karst m (plural karsten)
- (geology) karst (terrain with caves formed by limestone dissolution by underground drainage)
Derived terms
- karstbron
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaʁst/
Audio (file)
Noun
karst m (plural karsts)
- (geology) karst
Further reading
- “karst”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʰar̥st/
- Rhymes: -ar̥st
Noun
karst n (genitive singular karsts, no plural)
- (geology) karst
Declension
declension of karst
| n-s | singular | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | karst | karstið |
| accusative | karst | karstið |
| dative | karsti | karstinu |
| genitive | karsts | karstsins |
Old High German
Alternative forms
- carsc, kars
Etymology
Unknown; perhaps from a Proto-West Germanic *karsk, *karst related to keren (“to sweep”), from Proto-Germanic *karjaną.
Noun
karst m
- mattock, hoe
Declension
Declension of karst (masculine a-stem)
| case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | karst | karsta |
| accusative | karst | karsta |
| genitive | karstes | karsto |
| dative | karste | karstum |
| instrumental | karstu | — |
Descendants
- Middle High German: karst
- Alemannic German: Charst
- Central Franconian: Kaasch, Kaascht
- Hunsrik: Kaarscht
- Moselle Franconian: Koascht
- German: Karst
- Luxembourgish: Kaascht
- Rhine Franconian: Kaarsch, Kaarscht
- Palatine German: Kaarsch, Kaarscht
- East Franconian: Koascht, Koaschd
Spanish
Alternative forms
- carst
Etymology
From German der Karst, name of a limestone region in Slovenia.
Noun
karst m (plural karstes)
- (geology) karst
- Synonym: malpaís
Further reading
- “karst”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014