karst

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See also: Karst, kärṣt-, and kärst-

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Karst. The German term and the Slovene placename Kras (the Karst Plateau) are from Proto-Slavic *korsъ, from Italo-Dalmatian carsus (cf. Italian carso), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ker- (hard; rock).[1] More at Karst.

The metathesis in the Slovene term precludes German borrowing from Slovene.

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karst (plural karsts)

  1. (geology) A type of land formation, usually with many caves formed through the dissolving of limestone by underground drainage.
    • 1978, M. M. Sweeting, “The Karst of Kweilin, Southern China”, in The Geographical Journal, volume 144, number 2, page 200:
      In the time available to us on our geomorphological tour we were not able to see the higher and younger karsts of Kweichow and Yunnan and Kunming.
    • 2009 May 29, “Katherine Harmon”, in Top 10 New Species Discovered in 2008[ScientificAmerican.com]:
      The shells are just 0.04 inch (one millimeter) long and were found on a karst formation where conditions are damp, but the snails that inhabit them have yet to be observed.

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  1. ^ Gams, I., Kras v Sloveniji — v prostoru in casu (Karst in Slovenia in space and time), 2003

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Dutch

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Borrowed from German Karst.

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karst m (plural karsten)

  1. (geology) karst (terrain with caves formed by limestone dissolution by underground drainage)

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French

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French Wikipedia has an article on:
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karst m (plural karsts)

  1. (geology) karst

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Icelandic

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karst n (genitive singular karsts, no plural)

  1. (geology) karst

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Old High German

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Unknown; perhaps from a Proto-West Germanic *karsk, *karst related to keren (to sweep), from Proto-Germanic *karjaną.

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karst m

  1. mattock, hoe

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Spanish

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Borrowed from German der Karst, name of a limestone region in Slovenia.

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karst m (plural karstes)

  1. (geology) karst
    Synonym: malpaís

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