väin
See also: vain
Estonian
Etymology
Cognate to Livonian vēna (“port, Daugava”). Compare Finnish väylä and Proto-Slavic *dveinā (“the river Daugava”). Also compare Finnish väinä, but this similarity in both form and meaning is not mentioned by EES. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Declension
Declension of väin (ÕS type 22u/leib, length gradation)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | väin | väinad |
| genitive | väina | väinade |
| partitive | väina | väinu väinasid |
| illative | väina väinasse |
väinadesse väinusse |
| inessive | väinas | väinades väinus |
| elative | väinast | väinadest väinust |
| allative | väinale | väinadele väinule |
| adessive | väinal | väinadel väinul |
| ablative | väinalt | väinadelt väinult |
| translative | väinaks | väinadeks väinuks |
| terminative | väinani | väinadeni |
| essive | väinana | väinadena |
| abessive | väinata | väinadeta |
| comitative | väinaga | väinadega |
| Notes | 1) The long illative singular form with -sse is rarely used for this declension type. | |
Further reading
- M. Langemets, M. Tiits, T. Valdre, L. Veskis, Ü. Viks, P. Voll, editors (2009), “väin”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (online dictionary, in Estonian), 2nd edition, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation)
- väin in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.