Eesti
See also: eesti
Estonian
Etymology
From German Este, especially German Low German Eeste. First attested in the 17th century, it became popular among ethnic Estonians in the 19th century, during the national awakening. Before, the terms maavald, maarahvas, and maakeel were used.
Of unclear origin. Perhaps related to the name of the Aesti described by the Roman historian Tacitus (around 98 C.E.), or perhaps related to the Eistland mentioned in Old Norse sagas (in Icelandic, Estonia is still called Eistland). Compare German Estland.
A Baltic origin is also possible; compare Lithuanian aikštė.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈeˑsti/, [ˈeˑstʲi]
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Eesti
- Estonia (a country in northeastern Europe, on the southeastern coast of the Baltic Sea)
Declension
| Declension of Eesti (ÕS type 16/pere, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Eesti | — | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | Eesti | ||
| genitive | — | ||
| partitive | Eestit | — | |
| illative | Eestisse | — | |
| inessive | Eestis | — | |
| elative | Eestist | — | |
| allative | Eestile | — | |
| adessive | Eestil | — | |
| ablative | Eestilt | — | |
| translative | Eestiks | — | |
| terminative | Eestini | — | |
| essive | Eestina | — | |
| abessive | Eestita | — | |
| comitative | Eestiga | — | |
Derived terms
See also
- Albaania
- Andorra
- Armeenia
- Aserbaidžaan
- Austria
- Belgia
- Bosnia ja Hertsegoviina
- Bulgaaria
- Eesti
- Georgia, Gruusia
- Hispaania
- Holland, Madalmaad
- Horvaatia
- Iirimaa ~ Iiri
- Island
- Itaalia
- Kasahstan
- Kosovo
- Kreeka
- Küpros
- Leedu
- Liechtenstein
- Luksemburg
- Läti
- Malta
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Montenegro
- Norra
- Poola
- Portugal
- Prantsusmaa
- Põhja-Makedoonia
- Rootsi
- Rumeenia
- Saksamaa
- San Marino
- Serbia
- Slovakkia
- Sloveenia
- Soome
- Suurbritannia
- Šveits
- Taani
- Tšehhi
- Türgi
- Ukraina
- Ungari
- Valgevene
- Vatikan
- Venemaa
References
- Eesti in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
- “Eesti”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈeːsti/, [ˈe̞ːs̠ti]
- Rhymes: -eːsti
- Syllabification(key): Ees‧ti
- Hyphenation(key): Ees‧ti
Proper noun
Eesti (colloquial)
- synonym of Viro: Estonia (a country in northeastern Europe, on the southeastern coast of the Baltic Sea)
Declension
| Inflection of Eesti (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Eesti | — | |
| genitive | Eestin | — | |
| partitive | Eestiä | — | |
| illative | Eestiin | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Eesti | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Eesti | — |
| gen. | Eestin | ||
| genitive | Eestin | — | |
| partitive | Eestiä | — | |
| inessive | Eestissä | — | |
| elative | Eestistä | — | |
| illative | Eestiin | — | |
| adessive | Eestillä | — | |
| ablative | Eestiltä | — | |
| allative | Eestille | — | |
| essive | Eestinä | — | |
| translative | Eestiksi | — | |
| abessive | Eestittä | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Derived terms
Anagrams
Võro
Proper noun
Eesti (genitive Eesti, partitive Eestit)
- Estonia (a country in northeastern Europe, on the southeastern coast of the Baltic Sea)
Inflection
Inflection of Eesti
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Eesti | — |
| accusative | Eesti | — |
| genitive | Eesti | — |
| partitive | Eestit | — |
| illative | Eestihte Iisti |
— |
| inessive | Eestin Eestihn |
— |
| elative | Eestist | — |
| allative | Eestile | — |
| adessive | Eestil | — |
| ablative | Eestilt | — |
| translative | Eestis | — |
| terminative | Eestiniq | — |
| abessive | Eestildäq | — |
| comitative | Eestigäq | — |