vanalinn
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Estonian
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Etymology
[edit]From vana (“old”) + linn (“city, town”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]vanalinn (genitive vanalinna, partitive vanalinna)
- old town (older historical part of a town or city)
Declension
[edit]| Declension of vanalinn (ÕS type 22u/leib, length gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | vanalinn | vanalinnad | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | vanalinna | ||
| genitive | vanalinnade | ||
| partitive | vanalinna | vanalinnu vanalinnasid | |
| illative | vanalinna vanalinnasse |
vanalinnadesse vanalinnusse | |
| inessive | vanalinnas | vanalinnades vanalinnus | |
| elative | vanalinnast | vanalinnadest vanalinnust | |
| allative | vanalinnale | vanalinnadele vanalinnule | |
| adessive | vanalinnal | vanalinnadel vanalinnul | |
| ablative | vanalinnalt | vanalinnadelt vanalinnult | |
| translative | vanalinnaks | vanalinnadeks vanalinnuks | |
| terminative | vanalinnani | vanalinnadeni | |
| essive | vanalinnana | vanalinnadena | |
| abessive | vanalinnata | vanalinnadeta | |
| comitative | vanalinnaga | vanalinnadega | |
Further reading
[edit]- “vanalinn”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
- “vanalinn”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
- vanalinn in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)