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Estonian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Finnic *lahkëda (“soft, mild”).
Cognate with Votic lahkõa.[1]
Adjective
lahke (genitive lahke, partitive lahket, comparative lahkem, superlative kõige lahkem or lahkeim)
- benevolent, kind
- See on sinust väga lahke. ― That is very kind of you.
Declension
Noun
lahke
- partitive plural of lahk
- Synonym: lahkusid
References
- ^ “lahke”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
Further reading
- “lahke”, in Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
- “lahke”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
- “lahke”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
- lahke in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)