Saaremaa
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English
Proper noun
Saaremaa
- The largest island of Estonia, and Saare County which contains it.
- Historical Estonian eldership.
Translations
island and county
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Estonian
Etymology
saar (“island”) + maa (“land”)
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Saaremaa (genitive Saaremaa, partitive Saaremaad)
- An island in Estonia
- Saare County (a county of Estonia)
Declension
| Declension of Saaremaa (ÕS type 26i/idee, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Saaremaa | — | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | Saaremaa | ||
| genitive | — | ||
| partitive | Saaremaad | — | |
| illative | Saaremaasse | — | |
| inessive | Saaremaas | — | |
| elative | Saaremaast | — | |
| allative | Saaremaale | — | |
| adessive | Saaremaal | — | |
| ablative | Saaremaalt | — | |
| translative | Saaremaaks | — | |
| terminative | Saaremaani | — | |
| essive | Saaremaana | — | |
| abessive | Saaremaata | — | |
| comitative | Saaremaaga | — | |
References
- Saaremaa in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
- “Saaremaa”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
Portuguese
Proper noun
Saaremaa f