pähkel

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Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *pähkä, from Proto-Finno-Permic *päškɜ. Cognates include Finnish pähkinä, Votic pähtšene, Livonian pē’gõz, Veps pähkim, Ingrian päähkänä, Erzya пеште (pešťe), Moksha пяште (päšťe), Eastern Mari пӱкш (pükš), Udmurt пашпу (pašpu, hazelnut bush) and possibly also Komi-Zyrian пашкан (paškan, rosehip).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpæhkel/,
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  • Rhymes: -æhkel
  • Hyphenation: päh‧kel

Noun

pähkel (genitive pähkli, partitive pähklit)

  1. nut
    1. (figurative, usually with an adjective) hard nut to crack, tough nut to crack

Declension

Declension of pähkel (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative pähkel pähklid
accusative nom.
gen. pähkli
genitive pähklite
partitive pähklit pähkleid
illative pähklisse pähklitesse
pähkleisse
inessive pähklis pähklites
pähkleis
elative pähklist pähklitest
pähkleist
allative pähklile pähklitele
pähkleile
adessive pähklil pähklitel
pähkleil
ablative pähklilt pähklitelt
pähkleilt
translative pähkliks pähkliteks
pähkleiks
terminative pähklini pähkliteni
essive pähklina pähklitena
abessive pähklita pähkliteta
comitative pähkliga pähklitega

Derived terms

Compounds

References

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