linnapea
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Estonian
Etymology
From linn (“city”) + pea (“head”).
Pronunciation
Noun
linnapea (genitive linnapea, partitive linnapead)
Declension
| Declension of linnapea (ÕS type 26i/idee, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | linnapea | linnapead | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | linnapea | ||
| genitive | linnapeade | ||
| partitive | linnapead | linnapäid linnapeasid | |
| illative | linnapeasse | linnapeadesse linnapäisse | |
| inessive | linnapeas | linnapeades linnapäis | |
| elative | linnapeast | linnapeadest linnapäist | |
| allative | linnapeale | linnapeadele linnapäile | |
| adessive | linnapeal | linnapeadel linnapäil | |
| ablative | linnapealt | linnapeadelt linnapäilt | |
| translative | linnapeaks | linnapeadeks linnapäiks | |
| terminative | linnapeani | linnapeadeni | |
| essive | linnapeana | linnapeadena | |
| abessive | linnapeata | linnapeadeta | |
| comitative | linnapeaga | linnapeadega | |
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Further reading
- “linnapea”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
- “linnapea”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
- linnapea in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)