parv
Estonian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *parwɜ or *parɜ-wɜ. Cognate with Finnish parvi and Khanty пөр (pôr, “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 (type külm)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | parv | parved |
| genitive | parve | 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-Finno-Ugric [Term?]. Possibly the same root as in parv (“flock”). Cognates include Finnish parvi (“balcony”), Mansi [script needed] (pōra, “raft”), and Selkup [script needed] (pōri̮, “barn, storage platform”).
Noun
parv (genitive parve, partitive parve)
- raft
Declension
Declension of parv (type külm)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | parv | parved |
| genitive | parve | 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
Latin parvus.
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.