maarahvas
Estonian
Etymology
maa (“land”) + rahvas (“people, nation”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑːˌrɑhvɑs/, [ˈmɑːˌrɑhvɑs]
- Rhymes: -ɑhvɑs
- Hyphenation: maa‧rah‧vas
Noun
maarahvas (genitive maarahva, partitive maarahvast)
- (dated, poetic) Estonians (people)
Usage notes
In common use until the 19th century. In modern use mostly by Pagans.
Declension
| Declension of maarahvas (ÕS type 7/kallas, length gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | maarahvas | — | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | maarahva | ||
| genitive | — | ||
| partitive | maarahvast | — | |
| illative | maarahvasse | — | |
| inessive | maarahvas | — | |
| elative | maarahvast | — | |
| allative | maarahvale | — | |
| adessive | maarahval | — | |
| ablative | maarahvalt | — | |
| translative | maarahvaks | — | |
| terminative | maarahvani | — | |
| essive | maarahvana | — | |
| abessive | maarahvata | — | |
| comitative | maarahvaga | — | |