hernes

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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)

  1. pea

Declension

Declension of hernes (ÕS type 7/kallas, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative hernes herned
accusative nom.
gen. herne
genitive herneste
partitive hernest herneid
illative hernesse hernestesse
herneisse
inessive hernes hernestes
herneis
elative hernest hernestest
herneist
allative hernele hernestele
herneile
adessive hernel hernestel
herneil
ablative hernelt hernestelt
herneilt
translative herneks hernesteks
herneiks
terminative herneni hernesteni
essive hernena hernestena
abessive herneta hernesteta
comitative hernega hernestega

Derived terms

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

Alternative forms

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)

  1. brains; the mental organ of a living being.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: harns
  • Scots: harns

References