küüs
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Estonian
Alternative forms
- (colloquial) küün
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *künci. Cognate with Finnish kynsi.
Pronunciation
Noun
küüs (genitive küüne, partitive küünt)
Inflection
| Declension of küüs (ÕS type 14/uus, d/t-ø-s gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | küüs | küüned | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | küüne | ||
| genitive | küünte | ||
| partitive | küünt | küüsi | |
| illative | küünde küünesse |
küüntesse küüsisse | |
| inessive | küünes | küüntes küüsis | |
| elative | küünest | küüntest küüsist | |
| allative | küünele | küüntele küüsile | |
| adessive | küünel | küüntel küüsil | |
| ablative | küünelt | küüntelt küüsilt | |
| translative | küüneks | küünteks küüsiks | |
| terminative | küüneni | küünteni | |
| essive | küünena | küüntena | |
| abessive | küüneta | küünteta | |
| comitative | küünega | küüntega | |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “küüs”, in Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
- “küüs”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
- “küüs”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
- küüs in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)