košmaar
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Estonian
Etymology
Borrowed from French cauchemar.
Pronunciation
Noun
košmaar (genitive košmaari, partitive košmaari)
- nightmare (dream)
- Synonyms: jubedus, hirmuunenägu, õud, õudus, õudusunenägu, paineuni
- nightmare (experience)
Declension
| Declension of košmaar (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | košmaar | košmaarid | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | košmaari | ||
| genitive | košmaaride | ||
| partitive | košmaari | košmaare košmaarisid | |
| illative | košmaari košmaarisse |
košmaaridesse košmaaresse | |
| inessive | košmaaris | košmaarides košmaares | |
| elative | košmaarist | košmaaridest košmaarest | |
| allative | košmaarile | košmaaridele košmaarele | |
| adessive | košmaaril | košmaaridel košmaarel | |
| ablative | košmaarilt | košmaaridelt košmaarelt | |
| translative | košmaariks | košmaarideks košmaareks | |
| terminative | košmaarini | košmaarideni | |
| essive | košmaarina | košmaaridena | |
| abessive | košmaarita | košmaarideta | |
| comitative | košmaariga | košmaaridega | |
Further reading
- “košmaar”, in Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
- “košmaar”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
- “košmaar”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
- košmaar in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)