käärid

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Borrowed from Middle Low German schere, from Proto-West Germanic *skeran, from Proto-Germanic *skeraną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkæːrid̥/, [ˈkæːrid̥]

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käärid (genitive kääride, partitive kääre)

1. scissors (tool used for cutting)
2. (by extension, figuratively) contradiction, difference, discrepancy

   Synonyms: diferents, erinevus, kuristik, lahknevus, lahkuminek, vahe

• “käärid”, in [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
• “käärid”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• “käärid”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
• käärid in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)