tuisk

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tuisku. Cognate with Finnish and Votic tuisku.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtui̯sk/, [ˈtui̯sk]
  • Rhymes: -uisk
  • Hyphenation: tuisk

Noun

tuisk (genitive tuisu, partitive tuisku)

  1. blizzard, snowstorm (a weather phenomenon characterized by the movement of loose or falling snow by wind)
    Synonym: lumetuisk

Declension

Declension of tuisk (ÕS type 22e/riik, k-ø gradation)
singular plural
nominative tuisk tuisud
accusative nom.
gen. tuisu
genitive tuiskude
partitive tuisku tuiske
tuiskusid
illative tuisku
tuisusse 		tuiskudesse
tuisesse
inessive tuisus tuiskudes
tuises
elative tuisust tuiskudest
tuisest
allative tuisule tuiskudele
tuisele
adessive tuisul tuiskudel
tuisel
ablative tuisult tuiskudelt
tuiselt
translative tuisuks tuiskudeks
tuiseks
terminative tuisuni tuiskudeni
essive tuisuna tuiskudena
abessive tuisuta tuiskudeta
comitative tuisuga tuiskudega

Derived terms

Compounds

  • hingetuisk
  • laustuisk
  • liivatuisk
  • lumetuisk
  • madaltuisk
  • mullatuisk
  • märtsituisk
  • pilutuisk
  • pinnatuisk
  • pööristuisk
  • salatuisk
  • tolmutuisk
  • vahutuisk
  • vastlatuisk
  • veebruarituisk
  • veetuisk
  • vihmatuisk
  • üldtuisk

References

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