käli

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Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kälü, from Proto-Uralic *kälew. Cognate to Finnish käly (sister-in-law).

Noun

käli (genitive käli, partitive käli)

  1. (literary, rare) the sister of one's wife
    Synonym: naiseõde

Declension

Declension of käli (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative käli kälid
accusative nom.
gen. käli
genitive kälide
partitive käli kälisid
illative källi
kälisse
kälidesse
inessive kälis kälides
elative kälist kälidest
allative kälile kälidele
adessive kälil kälidel
ablative kälilt kälidelt
translative käliks kälideks
terminative kälini kälideni
essive kälina kälidena
abessive kälita kälideta
comitative käliga kälidega