küüs

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See also: kuus and kuus'

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *künci. Cognate with Finnish kynsi.

Pronunciation

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Noun

küüs (genitive küüne, partitive küünt)

  1. nail (on finger or toe)
  2. claw
  3. talon
  4. clove (part of a plant)

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)