emakas

Estonian

Etymology

From ema (“mother”) +‎ -kas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈemɑkɑs/, [ˈemɑkˑɑs]
• Rhymes: -emɑkɑs
• Hyphenation: e‧ma‧kas

Noun

emakas (genitive emaka, partitive emakat)

1. womb, uterus

   Synonyms: (all obsolete) emakoda, lapsekoda

Declension

Declension of emakas (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		emakas	emakad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	emaka
genitive			emakate
partitive		emakat	emakaid
illative		emakasse	emakatesse emakaisse
inessive		emakas	emakates emakais
elative		emakast	emakatest emakaist
allative		emakale	emakatele emakaile
adessive		emakal	emakatel emakail
ablative		emakalt	emakatelt emakailt
translative		emakaks	emakateks emakaiks
terminative		emakani	emakateni
essive		emakana	emakatena
abessive		emakata	emakateta
comitative		emakaga	emakatega

Further reading

• “emakas”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• “emakas”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
• emakas in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)