hiir

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See also: hiir'

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *hiiri, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *šiŋere. Cognates include Finnish hiiri, Erzya чеерь (čejeŕ), Northern Mansi таӈкер (taňker), Hungarian egér.

The computing sense is a semantic loan from English mouse.

Noun

hiir (genitive hiire, partitive hiirt)

  1. mouse
  2. computer mouse

Declension

Declension of hiir (ÕS type 13/suur, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative hiir hiired
accusative nom.
gen. hiire
genitive hiirte
partitive hiirt hiiri
illative hiirde
hiiresse
hiirtesse
hiirisse
inessive hiires hiirtes
hiiris
elative hiirest hiirtest
hiirist
allative hiirele hiirtele
hiirile
adessive hiirel hiirtel
hiiril
ablative hiirelt hiirtelt
hiirilt
translative hiireks hiirteks
hiiriks
terminative hiireni hiirteni
essive hiirena hiirtena
abessive hiireta hiirteta
comitative hiirega hiirtega

Compounds

Hunsrik

Adverb

hiir (Wiesemann spelling)

  1. Alternative spelling of hier