rukkilill

Estonian

rukkilill

Etymology

rukis (“rye”) +‎ lill (“flower”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrukːiˌlilː/, [ˈrukːiˌlʲilː]
• Rhymes: -ilː
• Hyphenation: ruk‧ki‧lill

Noun

rukkilill (genitive rukkilille, partitive rukkilille)

1. cornflower (Centaurea cyanus; the national flower of Estonia)

Declension

Declension of rukkilill (ÕS type 22i/külm, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		rukkilill	rukkililled
accusative	nom.
	gen.	rukkilille
genitive			rukkilillede
partitive		rukkilille	rukkililli rukkilillesid
illative		rukkilille rukkilillesse	rukkililledesse rukkilillisse
inessive		rukkililles	rukkililledes rukkilillis
elative		rukkilillest	rukkililledest rukkilillist
allative		rukkilillele	rukkililledele rukkilillile
adessive		rukkilillel	rukkililledel rukkilillil
ablative		rukkilillelt	rukkililledelt rukkilillilt
translative		rukkililleks	rukkililledeks rukkililliks
terminative		rukkililleni	rukkililledeni
essive		rukkilillena	rukkililledena
abessive		rukkililleta	rukkililledeta
comitative		rukkilillega	rukkililledega

Derived terms

• rukkilillekarva
• rukkilillesinine

 

References

• rukkilill in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “rukkilill”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009