tuul

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tuuli, from Proto-Finno-Permic *towle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtuːl/, [ˈtuːl]
• Rhymes: -uːl
• Hyphenation: tuul

Noun

tuul (genitive tuule, partitive tuult)

1. wind (perceptible movement of air due to natural causes)

Declension

Declension of tuul (ÕS type 13/suur, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		tuul	tuuled
accusative	nom.
	gen.	tuule
genitive			tuulte
partitive		tuult	tuuli
illative		tuulde tuulesse	tuultesse tuulisse
inessive		tuules	tuultes tuulis
elative		tuulest	tuultest tuulist
allative		tuulele	tuultele tuulile
adessive		tuulel	tuultel tuulil
ablative		tuulelt	tuultelt tuulilt
translative		tuuleks	tuulteks tuuliks
terminative		tuuleni	tuulteni
essive		tuulena	tuultena
abessive		tuuleta	tuulteta
comitative		tuulega	tuultega

References

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