pantvang

Estonian

Etymology

From pant (“pledge (security to payment)”) +‎ vang (“prisoner, captive”). Compare Finnish panttivanki.

Noun

pantvang (genitive pantvangi, partitive pantvangi)

  1. hostage

Declension

Declension of pantvang (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative pantvang pantvangid
accusative nom.
gen. pantvangi
genitive pantvangide
partitive pantvangi pantvange
pantvangisid
illative pantvangi
pantvangisse 		pantvangidesse
pantvangesse
inessive pantvangis pantvangides
pantvanges
elative pantvangist pantvangidest
pantvangest
allative pantvangile pantvangidele
pantvangele
adessive pantvangil pantvangidel
pantvangel
ablative pantvangilt pantvangidelt
pantvangelt
translative pantvangiks pantvangideks
pantvangeks
terminative pantvangini pantvangideni
essive pantvangina pantvangidena
abessive pantvangita pantvangideta
comitative pantvangiga pantvangidega

References

  • pantvang in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • “pantvang”, 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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