ainult
Estonian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Adverb
[edit]ainult (not comparable)
- just, only (begins a sentence or part of a sentence that limits or clarifies the preceding statement)
- Ta pole paha tüdruk – ainult veidi laisk.
- She's not a bad girl - just a little lazy.
- just, only (excludes other possibilities than those mentioned)
- 1926-1933, Anton Hansen Tammsaare, chapter XXVII, in Tõde ja õigus (Truth and Justice)[1], page 230:
- Aga siis sündis väga imelik asi, mis sünnib väga sagedasti ilmalikkude asjadega, kui jumalamehed oma käe nende külge pistavad: mida rohkem köster lepitas, seda rohkem mehed marru läksid, nagu oleksid isamaalised asjad omakasulised äriasjad või nagu oleksid nad ainult selleks jumalast maailma loodud, et üksteist isiklikult tõrvata ja haavata.
- But then a very strange thing happened, which happens very often in worldly affairs, when men of God put their hand into them: the more the pastor conciliated, the more the men became enraged, as if patriotic affairs were self-interested business affairs, or as if they had been created by God into the world only for this purpose to defame and hurt each other personally.
- just, only (indicates that something is less than needed or expected; not more than)
- Raamatut on trükitud ainult 200 eksemplari.
- Only 200 copies of the book have been printed.
- just, only (helps to emphasize what is being said)
- Katsugu ainult puutuda!
- Just try to touch it!
Etymology 2
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Noun
[edit]ainult
Etymology 3
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Noun
[edit]ainult