feminiin

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Estonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fēminīnus.

Pronunciation

Noun

feminiin (genitive feminiini, partitive feminiini)

  1. (grammar) feminine (word of the feminine gender)
    Antonym: maskuliin

Declension

Declension of feminiin (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative feminiin feminiinid
accusative nom.
gen. feminiini
genitive feminiinide
partitive feminiini feminiine
feminiinisid
illative feminiini
feminiinisse
feminiinidesse
feminiinesse
inessive feminiinis feminiinides
feminiines
elative feminiinist feminiinidest
feminiinest
allative feminiinile feminiinidele
feminiinele
adessive feminiinil feminiinidel
feminiinel
ablative feminiinilt feminiinidelt
feminiinelt
translative feminiiniks feminiinideks
feminiineks
terminative feminiinini feminiinideni
essive feminiinina feminiinidena
abessive feminiinita feminiinideta
comitative feminiiniga feminiinidega

Derived terms

(adjective):
(noun):

Further reading

  • feminiin”, in Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
  • feminiin”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • feminiin”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
  • feminiin in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)