pädema

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Estonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish päteä during the language reform in the early 1900s.

Pronunciation

Verb

pädema (da-infinitive pädeda)

  1. (intransitive) to be valid, to hold true
    • 2020 October 2, Egle Heinsar, “Keelesäuts. Pädeb või ei päde”, in (Usenet):
      Jutt eakatest ja nende raskustest keeleõppel ei päde. Siin on parem: Jutul eakate raskustest keeleõppel pole alust.
      The story of the elderly and their difficulties in learning languages is not valid. Here's a better one.

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References

  • pädema in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • pädema”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009