kihk

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Estonian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kihko. Compare Finnish kiihko (“frenzy, zeal”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkihk/,
  • Rhymes: -ihk
  • Hyphenation: kihk

Noun

kihk (genitive kihu, partitive kihku)

  1. thirst; craving

Declension

Declension of kihk (ÕS type 22e/riik, hk-h gradation)
singular plural
nominative kihk kihud
accusative nom.
gen. kihu
genitive kihkude
partitive kihku kihke
kihkusid
illative kihku
kihusse 		kihkudesse
kihesse
inessive kihus kihkudes
kihes
elative kihust kihkudest
kihest
allative kihule kihkudele
kihele
adessive kihul kihkudel
kihel
ablative kihult kihkudelt
kihelt
translative kihuks kihkudeks
kiheks
terminative kihuni kihkudeni
essive kihuna kihkudena
abessive kihuta kihkudeta
comitative kihuga kihkudega

Derived terms

References

  • kihk in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • “kihk”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
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