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Estonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *herneh, from a Balto-Slavic language, compare Latvian zirnis.
Pronunciation
Noun
hernes (genitive herne, partitive hernest)
- pea
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Further reading
- “hernes”, in Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
- “hernes”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
- “hernes”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
- hernes in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
Middle English
Etymology
Inherited from Old English hærnes, plural of hærn, from Proto-West Germanic *hirʀnī, from Proto-Germanic *hirzniją.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɛrn(ə)s/, /ˈharn(ə)s/
Noun
hernes pl (plural only)
- brains; the mental organ of a living being.
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