äi
Appearance
See also: aei and Appendix:Variations of "ai"
Estonian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *äijä (“old man”), from Proto-Finno-Permic *äjjä (“old man”). Cognates include Finnish äijä (“old man”), Votic äjje, Ingrian äijä (“grandfather; father-in-law; old man”), Karelian äijä (“a lot of”), Livvi äijy (“many, much”), Ludian äij (“a lot of”), Veps äi (“many, much”); Northern Sami áddjá (“grandfather”), Komi-Zyrian ай (aj, “male animal”) and Udmurt айы (ajy, “father”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]äi (genitive äia, partitive äia)
- father-in-law (one's spouse's father)
Declension
[edit]Declension of äi (ÕS type 22u/leib, length gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | äi | äiad | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | äia | ||
genitive | äiade | ||
partitive | äia | äiu äiasid | |
illative | äia äiasse |
äiadesse | |
inessive | äias | äiades | |
elative | äiast | äiadest | |
allative | äiale | äiadele | |
adessive | äial | äiadel | |
ablative | äialt | äiadelt | |
translative | äiaks | äiadeks | |
terminative | äiani | äiadeni | |
essive | äiana | äiadena | |
abessive | äiata | äiadeta | |
comitative | äiaga | äiadega |
Compounds
[edit]Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- äi in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
- “äi”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
Veps
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *äijä.
Determiner
[edit]äi
Inflection
[edit]Not inflected.
References
[edit]Categories:
- Estonian terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Estonian terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Estonian terms inherited from Proto-Finno-Permic
- Estonian terms derived from Proto-Finno-Permic
- Estonian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Estonian/æi
- Rhymes:Estonian/æi/1 syllable
- Estonian lemmas
- Estonian nouns
- Estonian leib-type nominals
- et:Male family members
- Veps terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Veps terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Veps lemmas
- Veps determiners