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語源

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”). More at Karst.

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

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: käst, IPA: /kɑːst/
• (General American) enPR: kärst, IPA: /kɑɹst/
• 韻: -ɑː(ɹ)st

  異形同音異義語: cast, caste (non-rhotic, trap–bath split)

名詞

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:

     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.

派生語

参照

Further reading

• karst on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

アナグラム

• Stark, Trask, karts, skart, stark