esimees
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Estonian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
esimees (genitive esimehe, partitive esimeest)
- chairman, chairperson, chair, president (man or person of unspecified gender presiding over a meeting or organization)
Declension
| Declension of esimees (ÕS type 13/suur, length gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | esimees | esimehed | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | esimehe | ||
| genitive | esimeeste | ||
| partitive | esimeest | esimehi | |
| illative | esimehesse | esimeestesse esimehisse | |
| inessive | esimehes | esimeestes esimehis | |
| elative | esimehest | esimeestest esimehist | |
| allative | esimehele | esimeestele esimehile | |
| adessive | esimehel | esimeestel esimehil | |
| ablative | esimehelt | esimeestelt esimehilt | |
| translative | esimeheks | esimeesteks esimehiks | |
| terminative | esimeheni | esimeesteni | |
| essive | esimehena | esimeestena | |
| abessive | esimeheta | esimeesteta | |
| comitative | esimehega | esimeestega | |
Synonyms
Coordinate terms
- (woman): esinaine
Further reading
- “esimees”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
- “esimees”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
- esimees in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)