meelespea
Estonian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmeːlespeɑ̯/, [ˈmeːlesˌpeɑ̯]
Noun
meelespea (genitive meelespea, partitive meelespead)
- memo, memorandum (brief piece of writing intended to assist the memory)
- (colloquial) forget-me-not, myosotis (any plant of the genus Myosotis)
- Synonyms: ära-mind-unusta, ära-unusta-mind-lill, lõosilm
Declension
| Declension of meelespea (ÕS type 26i/idee, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | meelespea | meelespead | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | meelespea | ||
| genitive | meelespeade | ||
| partitive | meelespead | meelespäid meelespeasid | |
| illative | meelespeasse | meelespeadesse meelespäisse | |
| inessive | meelespeas | meelespeades meelespäis | |
| elative | meelespeast | meelespeadest meelespäist | |
| allative | meelespeale | meelespeadele meelespäile | |
| adessive | meelespeal | meelespeadel meelespäil | |
| ablative | meelespealt | meelespeadelt meelespäilt | |
| translative | meelespeaks | meelespeadeks meelespäiks | |
| terminative | meelespeani | meelespeadeni | |
| essive | meelespeana | meelespeadena | |
| abessive | meelespeata | meelespeadeta | |
| comitative | meelespeaga | meelespeadega | |
Derived terms
nouns
- lugeja meelespea
- meelespealill
Further reading
- “meelespea”, 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
- “meelespea”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
- “meelespea”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
- meelespea in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)