jäme

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Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *jämedä, from Proto-Finno-Permic *jämä-. Cognates include Livonian jamdõ, Votic and Ingrian jämmiä, dialectal Finnish jämeä, Livvi jämei, Ludian d'ämed and Veps jämed.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjæme/,
  • Rhymes: -æme
  • Hyphenation: jä‧me

Adjective

jäme (genitive jämeda, partitive jämedat, comparative jämedam, superlative kõige jämedam or jämedaim)

  1. thick
    Antonym: peenike
  2. course, rough
    Antonym: peen
  3. rude, inappropriate
  4. low, deep (of a voice)

Declension

Declension of jäme (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative jäme jämedad
accusative nom.
gen. jämeda
genitive jämedate
partitive jämedat jämedaid
illative jämedasse jämedatesse
jämedaisse
inessive jämedas jämedates
jämedais
elative jämedast jämedatest
jämedaist
allative jämedale jämedatele
jämedaile
adessive jämedal jämedatel
jämedail
ablative jämedalt jämedatelt
jämedailt
translative jämedaks jämedateks
jämedaiks
terminative jämedani jämedateni
essive jämedana jämedatena
abessive jämedata jämedateta
comitative jämedaga jämedatega

Derived terms

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Compounds

References

  • jäme in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • jäme”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009