maskuliin

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Estonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin masculīnus.

Pronunciation

Noun

maskuliin (genitive maskuliini, partitive maskuliini)

  1. (grammar) masculine (word of the masculine gender)
    Antonym: feminiin

Declension

Declension of maskuliin (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative maskuliin maskuliinid
accusative nom.
gen. maskuliini
genitive maskuliinide
partitive maskuliini maskuliine
maskuliinisid
illative maskuliini
maskuliinisse
maskuliinidesse
maskuliinesse
inessive maskuliinis maskuliinides
maskuliines
elative maskuliinist maskuliinidest
maskuliinest
allative maskuliinile maskuliinidele
maskuliinele
adessive maskuliinil maskuliinidel
maskuliinel
ablative maskuliinilt maskuliinidelt
maskuliinelt
translative maskuliiniks maskuliinideks
maskuliineks
terminative maskuliinini maskuliinideni
essive maskuliinina maskuliinidena
abessive maskuliinita maskuliinideta
comitative maskuliiniga maskuliinidega

Derived terms

adjective
noun

Further reading

  • maskuliin”, in Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
  • maskuliin”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • maskuliin”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
  • maskuliin in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)