pädev

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Estonian

Etymology

From pädema +‎ -v, ultimately borrowed from Finnish pätevä.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpæd̥ev/,
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  • Rhymes: -ædev
  • Hyphenation: pä‧dev

Adjective

pädev (genitive pädeva, partitive pädevat, comparative pädevam, superlative kõige pädevam or pädevaim)

  1. competent, able, qualified, adept, knowledgeable
    Ta on oma ala pädevaim spetsialist. ― He/she is the most competent specialist in his field.
  2. authoritative
    Ükski teine organ peale kohtu ei ole pädev kodanikku teovõimetuks tunnistama.
    Nobody other than the court has the authority to declare a citizen incapacitated.

Declension

Declension of pädev (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative pädev pädevad
accusative nom.
gen. pädeva
genitive pädevate
partitive pädevat pädevaid
illative pädevasse pädevatesse
pädevaisse
inessive pädevas pädevates
pädevais
elative pädevast pädevatest
pädevaist
allative pädevale pädevatele
pädevaile
adessive pädeval pädevatel
pädevail
ablative pädevalt pädevatelt
pädevailt
translative pädevaks pädevateks
pädevaiks
terminative pädevani pädevateni
essive pädevana pädevatena
abessive pädevata pädevateta
comitative pädevaga pädevatega

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Participle

pädev (genitive pädeva, partitive pädevat)

  1. present active participle of pädema

References

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