ärtu
Estonian
Etymology
From Swedish hjärter. Less likely from Middle Low German herte, which is also seen in the archaic/poetic term härtu (“dear”). As card games were first introduced to Estonia during the Swedish era, a borrowing from Swedish seems more likely.
Declension
| Declension of ärtu (ÕS type 16/pere, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | ärtu | ärtud | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | ärtu | ||
| genitive | ärtude | ||
| partitive | ärtut | ärtusid | |
| illative | ärtusse | ärtudesse | |
| inessive | ärtus | ärtudes | |
| elative | ärtust | ärtudest | |
| allative | ärtule | ärtudele | |
| adessive | ärtul | ärtudel | |
| ablative | ärtult | ärtudelt | |
| translative | ärtuks | ärtudeks | |
| terminative | ärtuni | ärtudeni | |
| essive | ärtuna | ärtudena | |
| abessive | ärtuta | ärtudeta | |
| comitative | ärtuga | ärtudega | |
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