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Estonian
Etymology
jooma + -dik
Pronunciation
Noun
joodik (genitive joodiku, partitive joodikut)
- drunkard, drunk, alcoholic (excessive drinker of alcohol)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:joodik
- Joodikul on meri põlvini. (idiomatic) ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- Jumal kaitseb joodikut. (idiomatic) ― God protects the drunkard.
- (attributive) drunkardly (drinking alcohol to excess)
- Tal on joodik mees. ― Her husband is a drunkard. (literally, “ has a drunkardly husband.”)
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References
- joodik in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
- “joodik”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009