ämm

See also: amm

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ämmä. Cognate with Finnish ämmä and Votic ämme.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈæmː/, [ˈæmː]
  • Rhymes: -æmː
  • Hyphenation: ämm

Noun

ämm (genitive ämma, partitive ämma)

  1. mother-in-law
    Synonyms: ämmamoor, ämmamamma, ämmaeit

Declension

Declension of ämm (ÕS type 22i/külm, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative ämm ämmad
accusative nom.
gen. ämma
genitive ämmade
partitive ämma ämmi
ämmasid
illative ämma
ämmasse 		ämmadesse
ämmisse
inessive ämmas ämmades
ämmis
elative ämmast ämmadest
ämmist
allative ämmale ämmadele
ämmile
adessive ämmal ämmadel
ämmil
ablative ämmalt ämmadelt
ämmilt
translative ämmaks ämmadeks
ämmiks
terminative ämmani ämmadeni
essive ämmana ämmadena
abessive ämmata ämmadeta
comitative ämmaga ämmadega

Compounds

  • ämmaeit
  • ämmamamma
  • ämmamoor

References

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