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priske

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Estonian

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German vrisch (young, fresh, happy), compare English fresh. See also värske, which is borrowed from an alternative form of the same Low German root.

Adjective

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priske (genitive priske, partitive prisket, comparative priskem, superlative kõige priskem)

  1. fat, plump, chubby (mostly in a good way)
    Mulle meeldivad prisked tüdrukud.
    I like chubby girls.
    Naine tõi ilmale priske poisi.
    My wife gave birth to a plump boy.
  2. (colloquial) big, nice, strong, effective
    Palgaks saime priske summa.
    We got a nice sum for our salary.
  3. (dated) healthy
    Ta tundis enese terve ja priske.
    He felt himself vigorous and healthy.

Inflection

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Declension of priske (ÕS type 1/ohutu, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative priske prisked
accusative nom.
gen. priske
genitive priskete
partitive prisket priskeid
illative priskesse prisketesse
priskeisse
inessive priskes prisketes
priskeis
elative priskest prisketest
priskeist
allative priskele prisketele
priskeile
adessive priskel prisketel
priskeil
ablative priskelt prisketelt
priskeilt
translative priskeks prisketeks
priskeiks
terminative priskeni prisketeni
essive priskena prisketena
abessive prisketa prisketeta
comitative priskega prisketega