maalane

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Estonian

Etymology

From maa (“land”) +‎ -lane. Akin to Finnish maalainen.

Pronunciation

Noun

maalane (genitive maalase, partitive maalast)

  1. Earthling
  2. (uncommon on its own) inhabitant (of a land or country)
  3. (rare) a rural person

Declension

Declension of maalane (ÕS type 12/oluline, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative maalane maalased
accusative nom.
gen. maalase
genitive maalaste
partitive maalast maalasi
illative maalasse
maalasesse 		maalastesse
maalasisse
inessive maalases maalastes
maalasis
elative maalasest maalastest
maalasist
allative maalasele maalastele
maalasile
adessive maalasel maalastel
maalasil
ablative maalaselt maalastelt
maalasilt
translative maalaseks maalasteks
maalasiks
terminative maalaseni maalasteni
essive maalasena maalastena
abessive maalaseta maalasteta
comitative maalasega maalastega

Derived terms

Further reading

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