küüslauk
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Küüslauk
Estonian
Etymology
From küüs (“claw, clove”) + lauk (“leek”).
Pronunciation
Noun
küüslauk (genitive küüslaugu, partitive küüslauku)
- garlic
- (botany) A pungent plant with a bulb consisting of small, nail-like cloves, used in cooking and medicine (Allium sativum).
- Koduaias kasvavat küüslauku haigused ja kahjurid eriti ei tülita.
- Pests and diseases don't really bother with a garlic plant growing in your home garden.
- The pungent and spicy part of a garlic plant as a food.
- Ma ei söö sibulat ega küüslauku.
- I don't eat onion or garlic.
- (botany) A pungent plant with a bulb consisting of small, nail-like cloves, used in cooking and medicine (Allium sativum).
Declension
| Declension of küüslauk (ÕS type 22e/riik, k-g gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | küüslauk | küüslaugud | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | küüslaugu | ||
| genitive | küüslaukude | ||
| partitive | küüslauku | küüslauke küüslaukusid | |
| illative | küüslauku küüslaugusse |
küüslaukudesse küüslaugesse | |
| inessive | küüslaugus | küüslaukudes küüslauges | |
| elative | küüslaugust | küüslaukudest küüslaugest | |
| allative | küüslaugule | küüslaukudele küüslaugele | |
| adessive | küüslaugul | küüslaukudel küüslaugel | |
| ablative | küüslaugult | küüslaukudelt küüslaugelt | |
| translative | küüslauguks | küüslaukudeks küüslaugeks | |
| terminative | küüslauguni | küüslaukudeni | |
| essive | küüslauguna | küüslaukudena | |
| abessive | küüslauguta | küüslaukudeta | |
| comitative | küüslauguga | küüslaukudega | |