iroonia
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Estonian
Etymology
Ultimately from Ancient Greek εἰρωνεία (eirōneía). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
Noun
iroonia (genitive iroonia, partitive irooniat)
Declension
| Declension of iroonia (ÕS type 1/ohutu, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | iroonia | irooniad | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | iroonia | ||
| genitive | irooniate | ||
| partitive | irooniat | irooniaid | |
| illative | irooniasse | irooniatesse irooniaisse | |
| inessive | iroonias | irooniates irooniais | |
| elative | irooniast | irooniatest irooniaist | |
| allative | irooniale | irooniatele irooniaile | |
| adessive | iroonial | irooniatel irooniail | |
| ablative | iroonialt | irooniatelt irooniailt | |
| translative | irooniaks | irooniateks irooniaiks | |
| terminative | irooniani | irooniateni | |
| essive | irooniana | irooniatena | |
| abessive | irooniata | irooniateta | |
| comitative | irooniaga | irooniatega | |
Further reading
- “iroonia”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
- “iroonia”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
- iroonia in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)