maasikas
Estonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *mancik'as. Cognate to Finnish mansikka, Karelian mandžoi and Veps manźikäińe. Possibly derived from mander (“continent”). Compare German Erdbeere and Latvian zemene, both from their respective words for earth.
Noun
maasikas (genitive maasika, partitive maasikat)
- strawberry
- (colloquial) love bite, hickey
Declension
| Declension of maasikas (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | maasikas | maasikad | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | maasika | ||
| genitive | maasikate | ||
| partitive | maasikat | maasikaid | |
| illative | maasikasse | maasikatesse maasikaisse | |
| inessive | maasikas | maasikates maasikais | |
| elative | maasikast | maasikatest maasikaist | |
| allative | maasikale | maasikatele maasikaile | |
| adessive | maasikal | maasikatel maasikail | |
| ablative | maasikalt | maasikatelt maasikailt | |
| translative | maasikaks | maasikateks maasikaiks | |
| terminative | maasikani | maasikateni | |
| essive | maasikana | maasikatena | |
| abessive | maasikata | maasikateta | |
| comitative | maasikaga | maasikatega | |