rebane

See also: Rebane, rebané, rebañe, and rebañé

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *repäinen, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *repä, likely a loan from Proto-Indo-Iranian *reupōśo-. Compare Persian روباه (rubâh, “fox”) and Avestan 𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬞𐬌 (urupi, “certain breed of dog”). Cognate of Finnish repo and Veps reboi. See also rebu.

Noun

rebane (genitive rebase, partitive rebast)

1. red fox
2. fox
3. (informal) A greenie; a beginner, a novice, a freshman in university

Declension

Declension of rebane (ÕS type 10/soolane, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		rebane	rebased
accusative	nom.
	gen.	rebase
genitive			rebaste
partitive		rebast	rebaseid
illative		rebasesse	rebastesse rebaseisse
inessive		rebases	rebastes rebaseis
elative		rebasest	rebastest rebaseist
allative		rebasele	rebastele rebaseile
adessive		rebasel	rebastel rebaseil
ablative		rebaselt	rebastelt rebaseilt
translative		rebaseks	rebasteks rebaseiks
terminative		rebaseni	rebasteni
essive		rebasena	rebastena
abessive		rebaseta	rebasteta
comitative		rebasega	rebastega

Derived terms

• hõberebane

References

http://www.eki.ee/dict/ety/index.cgi?Q=rebane&F=M&C06=et

Spanish

Verb

rebane

1. inflection of rebanar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative