Inglismaa
Estonian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈinɡ̊lisˌmɑː/, [ˈiŋɡ̊lʲisˌmɑː]
- Rhymes: -ɑː
- Hyphenation: Ing‧lis‧maa
Proper noun
Inglismaa (genitive Inglismaa, partitive Inglismaad)
- England (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)
- (nonstandard) Britain, United Kingdom (a kingdom and country in Northern Europe)
- Synonyms: Suurbritannia, Ühendkuningriik, UK
Usage notes
The use of the name Inglismaa for the whole country (Suurbritannia: Great Britain) is appropriate in a historical context, for the modern country it is acceptable only in less official texts.
Declension
| Declension of Inglismaa (ÕS type 26i/idee, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Inglismaa | — | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | Inglismaa | ||
| genitive | — | ||
| partitive | Inglismaad | — | |
| illative | Inglismaasse | — | |
| inessive | Inglismaas | — | |
| elative | Inglismaast | — | |
| allative | Inglismaale | — | |
| adessive | Inglismaal | — | |
| ablative | Inglismaalt | — | |
| translative | Inglismaaks | — | |
| terminative | Inglismaani | — | |
| essive | Inglismaana | — | |
| abessive | Inglismaata | — | |
| comitative | Inglismaaga | — | |
References
- Inglismaa in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
- “Inglismaa”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN