kättemaks
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Estonian
Etymology
kätte (“hand”) + maks (“pay”)
Pronunciation
Noun
kättemaks (genitive kättemaksu, partitive kättemaksu)
- revenge, vengeance (an act committed in retaliation for wrongdoing, ill-treatment, injustice, humiliation, insult etc.)
- Kättemaks on magus. ― Revenge is sweet.
- Nad vandusid vaenlasele kättemaksu kõigi julmuste eest.
- They swore revenge on the enemy for all the atrocities.
Declension
| Declension of kättemaks (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kättemaks | kättemaksud | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | kättemaksu | ||
| genitive | kättemaksude | ||
| partitive | kättemaksu | kättemakse kättemaksusid | |
| illative | kättemaksu kättemaksusse |
kättemaksudesse kättemaksesse | |
| inessive | kättemaksus | kättemaksudes kättemakses | |
| elative | kättemaksust | kättemaksudest kättemaksest | |
| allative | kättemaksule | kättemaksudele kättemaksele | |
| adessive | kättemaksul | kättemaksudel kättemaksel | |
| ablative | kättemaksult | kättemaksudelt kättemakselt | |
| translative | kättemaksuks | kättemaksudeks kättemakseks | |
| terminative | kättemaksuni | kättemaksudeni | |
| essive | kättemaksuna | kättemaksudena | |
| abessive | kättemaksuta | kättemaksudeta | |
| comitative | kättemaksuga | kättemaksudega | |