hõlm
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Estonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *hëlma, borrowed from either Baltic (cf. Lithuanian šelmuo (“ridge (of a roof)”)) or Proto-Germanic *helmaz (“protective covering”). Cognate with Finnish helma.
Pronunciation
Noun
hõlm (genitive hõlma, partitive hõlma)
- hem (margin of cloth)
Inflection
| Declension of hõlm (ÕS type 22u/leib, length gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | hõlm | hõlmad | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | hõlma | ||
| genitive | hõlmade | ||
| partitive | hõlma | hõlmu hõlmasid | |
| illative | hõlma hõlmasse |
hõlmadesse hõlmusse | |
| inessive | hõlmas | hõlmades hõlmus | |
| elative | hõlmast | hõlmadest hõlmust | |
| allative | hõlmale | hõlmadele hõlmule | |
| adessive | hõlmal | hõlmadel hõlmul | |
| ablative | hõlmalt | hõlmadelt hõlmult | |
| translative | hõlmaks | hõlmadeks hõlmuks | |
| terminative | hõlmani | hõlmadeni | |
| essive | hõlmana | hõlmadena | |
| abessive | hõlmata | hõlmadeta | |
| comitative | hõlmaga | hõlmadega | |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “hõlm”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
- “hõlm”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
- hõlm in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)