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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tarbis

This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Finnic

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *þarbō. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. why *-is?

Adverb

*tarbis

  1. necessary, needed
    Synonym: *vajaga

Noun

*tarbis

  1. need
    Synonym: *tarbëh

Inflection
Inflection of *tarbis
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *tarbis *tarpihët
accusative *tarpihën *tarpihët
genitive *tarpihën *tarbistën
*tarpihidën
partitive *tarbista *tarpihita
inessive *tarpihëssa
*tarpihëhna		 *tarpihissa
*tarpihihna
elative *tarpihësta *tarpihista
illative *tarpihësën *tarpihisën
adessive *tarpihëlla *tarpihilla
ablative *tarpihëlta *tarpihilta
allative *tarpihëlën
*tarpihëlëk		 *tarpihilën
*tarpihilëk
essive *tarbissa *tarpihina
translative *tarpihëksi *tarpihiksi
instructive *tarpihën *tarpihin
comitative *tarbissëk *tarpihinëk
abessive *tarpihëtta *tarpihitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: tarvis
  • Finnish: tarvis
  • Ingrian: tarvis
  • Karelian: tarvis
  • Livonian: tärb
  • Livvi: tarvis
  • Ludian: tarbiž
  • Veps: tarbiž
  • Võro: tarbis
  • Votic: tarviz

Further reading
  • “tarvis”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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