aabits
Estonian
Etymology
A borrowing from German Abc (“alphabet, basics, fundamentals”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑˑb̥its/, [ˈɑˑb̥its]
Noun
aabits (genitive aabitsa, partitive aabitsat)
- primer (book)
- alphabet
- Kas lasteaias aabitsat ka juba õpitakse?
- Is the alphabet already taught in kindergartens?
- speller (book)
Declension
| Declension of aabits (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | aabits | aabitsad | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | aabitsa | ||
| genitive | aabitsate | ||
| partitive | aabitsat | aabitsaid | |
| illative | aabitsasse | aabitsatesse aabitsaisse | |
| inessive | aabitsas | aabitsates aabitsais | |
| elative | aabitsast | aabitsatest aabitsaist | |
| allative | aabitsale | aabitsatele aabitsaile | |
| adessive | aabitsal | aabitsatel aabitsail | |
| ablative | aabitsalt | aabitsatelt aabitsailt | |
| translative | aabitsaks | aabitsateks aabitsaiks | |
| terminative | aabitsani | aabitsateni | |
| essive | aabitsana | aabitsatena | |
| abessive | aabitsata | aabitsateta | |
| comitative | aabitsaga | aabitsatega | |
Synonyms
- aabitsaraamat
Derived terms
Terms derived from the noun aabits
- aabitsaeelne
- aabitsaeelne periood
- aabitsajärgne
- aabitsajärgne periood
- aabitsajärk
- aabitsajünger
- aabitsajüts
- aabitsakirjandus
- aabitsakukk
- aabitsakursus
- aabitsakütt
- aabitsalik
- aabitsaperiood
- aabitsapilt
- aabitsaraamat
- aabitsatarkus
- aabitsatõde
- aabitsatükk
- aabitsaõppija
- karuaabits
- kukeaabits
- käitumisaabits
- ladumisaabits
- liikuv aabits
- pildiaabits
Further reading
- “aabits”, in [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
- “aabits”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
Anagrams
- abista, staabi