vanaisa

Estonian

Etymology

vana +‎ isa

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɑnɑˌisɑ/, [ˈvɑnɑˌisɑ]
  • Rhymes: -isɑ
  • Hyphenation: va‧na‧i‧sa

Noun

vanaisa (genitive vanaisa, partitive vanaisa)

  1. grandfather
    Coordinate term: vanaema (“grandmother”)

Declension

Declension of vanaisa (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative vanaisa vanaisad
accusative nom.
gen. vanaisa
genitive vanaisade
partitive vanaisa vanaisasid
illative vanaisa
vanaisasse 		vanaisadesse
inessive vanaisas vanaisades
elative vanaisast vanaisadest
allative vanaisale vanaisadele
adessive vanaisal vanaisadel
ablative vanaisalt vanaisadelt
translative vanaisaks vanaisadeks
terminative vanaisani vanaisadeni
essive vanaisana vanaisadena
abessive vanaisata vanaisadeta
comitative vanaisaga vanaisadega

References

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