neitsinahk
Estonian
Etymology
From neitsi (“virgin”) + nahk (“skin”). Calque of German Jungfrauhäutchen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnei̯tsiˌnɑhk/, [ˈnei̯tsʲiˌnɑhk]
- Rhymes: -ɑhk
- Hyphenation: neit‧si‧nahk
Noun
neitsinahk (genitive neitsinaha, partitive neitsinahka)
Declension
| Declension of neitsinahk (ÕS type 22u/leib, k-ø gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | neitsinahk | neitsinahad | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | neitsinaha | ||
| genitive | neitsinahkade | ||
| partitive | neitsinahka | neitsinahku neitsinahkasid | |
| illative | neitsinahka neitsinahasse |
neitsinahkadesse neitsinahusse | |
| inessive | neitsinahas | neitsinahkades neitsinahus | |
| elative | neitsinahast | neitsinahkadest neitsinahust | |
| allative | neitsinahale | neitsinahkadele neitsinahule | |
| adessive | neitsinahal | neitsinahkadel neitsinahul | |
| ablative | neitsinahalt | neitsinahkadelt neitsinahult | |
| translative | neitsinahaks | neitsinahkadeks neitsinahuks | |
| terminative | neitsinahani | neitsinahkadeni | |
| essive | neitsinahana | neitsinahkadena | |
| abessive | neitsinahata | neitsinahkadeta | |
| comitative | neitsinahaga | neitsinahkadega | |
References
- neitsinahk in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
- “neitsinahk”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009