tennisist

Estonian

Etymology

From Russian тенниси́ст (tennisíst).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tenˑiˈsist/, [tenʲˑiˈsʲist]
• Rhymes: -ist
• Hyphenation: ten‧ni‧sist

Noun

tennisist (genitive tennisisti, partitive tennisisti)

1. tennis player

   Synonym: tennisemängija

Declension

Declension of tennisist (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		tennisist	tennisistid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	tennisisti
genitive			tennisistide
partitive		tennisisti	tennisiste tennisistisid
illative		tennisisti tennisistisse	tennisistidesse tennisistesse
inessive		tennisistis	tennisistides tennisistes
elative		tennisistist	tennisistidest tennisistest
allative		tennisistile	tennisistidele tennisistele
adessive		tennisistil	tennisistidel tennisistel
ablative		tennisistilt	tennisistidelt tennisistelt
translative		tennisistiks	tennisistideks tennisisteks
terminative		tennisistini	tennisistideni
essive		tennisistina	tennisistidena
abessive		tennisistita	tennisistideta
comitative		tennisistiga	tennisistidega

Compound

• amatöörtennisist
• lauatennisist
• meestennisist
• naistennisist
• tipptennisist

 

Related terms

• tennis

 

References

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