lapsepõlv

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Etymology

From laps +‎ põlv.

Pronunciation

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Noun

lapsepõlv (genitive lapsepõlve, partitive lapsepõlve)

  1. childhood

Declension

Declension of lapsepõlv (ÕS type 22i/külm, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative lapsepõlv lapsepõlved
accusative nom.
gen. lapsepõlve
genitive lapsepõlvede
partitive lapsepõlve lapsepõlvi
lapsepõlvesid
illative lapsepõlve
lapsepõlvesse
lapsepõlvedesse
lapsepõlvisse
inessive lapsepõlves lapsepõlvedes
lapsepõlvis
elative lapsepõlvest lapsepõlvedest
lapsepõlvist
allative lapsepõlvele lapsepõlvedele
lapsepõlvile
adessive lapsepõlvel lapsepõlvedel
lapsepõlvil
ablative lapsepõlvelt lapsepõlvedelt
lapsepõlvilt
translative lapsepõlveks lapsepõlvedeks
lapsepõlviks
terminative lapsepõlveni lapsepõlvedeni
essive lapsepõlvena lapsepõlvedena
abessive lapsepõlveta lapsepõlvedeta
comitative lapsepõlvega lapsepõlvedega

Further reading

  • lapsepõlv”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • lapsepõlv”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
  • lapsepõlv in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)