vastlad

Estonian

Etymology

Ultimately from Middle Low German vastelavent.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɑstlɑd̥/, [ˈvɑstlɑd̥]
  • Rhymes: -ɑstlɑd
  • Hyphenation: vast‧lad

Proper noun

vastlad (genitive vastlate, partitive vastlaid)

  1. (plural only) Fastelavn, Shrove Tuesday
    Synonyms: vastlapäev, lihaheitepäev, liugupäev, liupäev, pudrupäev

Declension

Declension of vastlad (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative — vastlad
accusative nom.
gen. —
genitive vastlate
partitive — vastlaid
illative — vastlatesse
vastlaisse
inessive — vastlates
vastlais
elative — vastlatest
vastlaist
allative — vastlatele
vastlaile
adessive — vastlatel
vastlail
ablative — vastlatelt
vastlailt
translative — vastlateks
vastlaiks
terminative — vastlateni
essive — vastlatena
abessive — vastlateta
comitative — vastlatega

References

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