jälg
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See also: jalg
Estonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *jälki, from Proto-Uralic *jelkä (“trace”). Cognate with Finnish jälki and Hungarian jel.
Pronunciation
Noun
jälg (genitive jälje, partitive jälge)
- trail, track
- Need on ju karu jäljed.
- These are bear tracks.
- trace, mark
- Tal olid küünejäljed selja peal.
- She had nail marks on her back.
Declension
| Declension of jälg (ÕS type 22i/külm, g-j gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | jälg | jäljed | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | jälje | ||
| genitive | jälgede | ||
| partitive | jälge | jälgi jälgesid | |
| illative | jälge jäljesse |
jälgedesse jäljisse | |
| inessive | jäljes | jälgedes jäljis | |
| elative | jäljest | jälgedest jäljist | |
| allative | jäljele | jälgedele jäljile | |
| adessive | jäljel | jälgedel jäljil | |
| ablative | jäljelt | jälgedelt jäljilt | |
| translative | jäljeks | jälgedeks jäljiks | |
| terminative | jäljeni | jälgedeni | |
| essive | jäljena | jälgedena | |
| abessive | jäljeta | jälgedeta | |
| comitative | jäljega | jälgedega | |
Further reading
- “jälg”, in Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
- “jälg”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
- “jälg”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
- jälg in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)