mähis

See also: mahis

Estonian

Etymology

From mähkima (“to wrap”) +‎ -is (“product resulting from the action”).

Noun

mähis (genitive mähise, partitive mähist)

  1. a wrapping
    Synonyms: side, mähe, rull, köidis, punutis, pinde, pakk, ümbris
    1. (medical) compress; binding
      Synonyms: side, pinde, kompress, sukk
    2. (engineering) coil; winding; binding; wrapping
    3. (archery) serving
      Synonyms: nöörimähis, punutis, bandaaž
    4. (culinary) wrapper (increasingly rarer)
      Synonym: rull
  • Usage Notes: Generic usage has been shifting towards medical and engineering senses in specific. Culinary sense has been loosing popularity due to developed specifications and ambiguity caused by it. Now in culinary "rull" (roll) has partially started to cover the role of wrapping.

Declension

Declension of mähis (ÕS type 9/katus, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative mähis mähised
accusative nom.
gen. mähise
genitive mähiste
partitive mähist mähiseid
illative mähisesse mähistesse
mähiseisse
inessive mähises mähistes
mähiseis
elative mähisest mähistest
mähiseist
allative mähisele mähistele
mähiseile
adessive mähisel mähistel
mähiseil
ablative mähiselt mähistelt
mähiseilt
translative mähiseks mähisteks
mähiseiks
terminative mähiseni mähisteni
essive mähisena mähistena
abessive mähiseta mähisteta
comitative mähisega mähistega

See also

Further reading

  • “mähis”, 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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