mõõk

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See also: mook, and möök

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Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *mëëkka, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *mēkijaz (compare Old Norse mækir, Norwegian Nynorsk mækje (iris) and Gothic 𐌼𐌴𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍃 (mēkeis)). Cognates include Finnish miekka, Livonian mȭk, Votic mõõkkõ, Ingrian meekka, Karelian miekka and Ludian miek.

Pronunciation

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Noun

mõõk (genitive mõõga, partitive mõõka)

  1. sword

Declension

Declension of mõõk (ÕS type 22u/leib, k-g gradation)
singular plural
nominative mõõk mõõgad
accusative nom.
gen. mõõga
genitive mõõkade
partitive mõõka mõõku
mõõkasid
illative mõõka
mõõgasse
mõõkadesse
mõõgusse
inessive mõõgas mõõkades
mõõgus
elative mõõgast mõõkadest
mõõgust
allative mõõgale mõõkadele
mõõgule
adessive mõõgal mõõkadel
mõõgul
ablative mõõgalt mõõkadelt
mõõgult
translative mõõgaks mõõkadeks
mõõguks
terminative mõõgani mõõkadeni
essive mõõgana mõõkadena
abessive mõõgata mõõkadeta
comitative mõõgaga mõõkadega

Derived terms

Compounds

References

  • mõõk in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • mõõk”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009