rukkilill

Estonian

Etymology

rukis (“rye”) +‎ lill (“flower”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrukːiˌlilː/, [ˈrukːiˌlʲilː]
  • Rhymes: -ilː
  • Hyphenation: ruk‧ki‧lill

Noun

rukkilill (genitive rukkilille, partitive rukkilille)

  1. cornflower (Centaurea cyanus; the national flower of Estonia)

Declension

Declension of rukkilill (ÕS type 22i/külm, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative rukkilill rukkililled
accusative nom.
gen. rukkilille
genitive rukkilillede
partitive rukkilille rukkililli
rukkilillesid
illative rukkilille
rukkilillesse 		rukkililledesse
rukkilillisse
inessive rukkililles rukkililledes
rukkilillis
elative rukkilillest rukkililledest
rukkilillist
allative rukkilillele rukkililledele
rukkilillile
adessive rukkilillel rukkililledel
rukkilillil
ablative rukkilillelt rukkililledelt
rukkilillilt
translative rukkililleks rukkililledeks
rukkililliks
terminative rukkililleni rukkililledeni
essive rukkilillena rukkililledena
abessive rukkililleta rukkililledeta
comitative rukkilillega rukkililledega

Derived terms

  • rukkilillekarva
  • rukkilillesinine

References

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