vasikas

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vasikka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɑsikɑs/, [ˈvɑsʲikˑɑs]
• Rhymes: -ɑsikɑs
• Hyphenation: va‧si‧kas

Noun

vasikas (genitive vasika, partitive vasikat)

1. calf (young cattle (in the first six months of life))

Declension

Declension of vasikas (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		vasikas	vasikad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	vasika
genitive			vasikate
partitive		vasikat	vasikaid
illative		vasikasse	vasikatesse vasikaisse
inessive		vasikas	vasikates vasikais
elative		vasikast	vasikatest vasikaist
allative		vasikale	vasikatele vasikaile
adessive		vasikal	vasikatel vasikail
ablative		vasikalt	vasikatelt vasikailt
translative		vasikaks	vasikateks vasikaiks
terminative		vasikani	vasikateni
essive		vasikana	vasikatena
abessive		vasikata	vasikateta
comitative		vasikaga	vasikatega

Synonyms

• möö

Compounds

• vasikaliha (“veal”)

References

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