peremees

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Estonian

Etymology

From pere (“family”) +‎ mees (“man”).

Noun

peremees (genitive peremehe, partitive peremeest)

  1. owner, proprietor
  2. landlord
  3. head of household (man)
    Synonym: majaperemees
    Hypernym: perekonnapea
  4. host (one who receives or entertains a guest)
  5. boss, master (man in control)
  6. (biology) host
    Synonym: peremeesorganism

Declension

Declension of peremees (ÕS type 13/suur, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative peremees peremehed
accusative nom.
gen. peremehe
genitive peremeeste
partitive peremeest peremehi
illative peremehesse peremeestesse
peremehisse
inessive peremehes peremeestes
peremehis
elative peremehest peremeestest
peremehist
allative peremehele peremeestele
peremehile
adessive peremehel peremeestel
peremehil
ablative peremehelt peremeestelt
peremehilt
translative peremeheks peremeesteks
peremehiks
terminative peremeheni peremeesteni
essive peremehena peremeestena
abessive peremeheta peremeesteta
comitative peremehega peremeestega

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Ingrian: peremees

Further reading

  • “peremees”, in Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
  • “peremees”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • “peremees”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
  • peremees in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Ingrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Estonian peremees. Equivalent to pere (“family”) +‎ mees (“man”).

Pronunciation

Noun

peremees

  1. Synonym of isäntä
    • 1937, N. A. Iljin, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (kolmas osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 8:
      Yksinää peremees ei voint seilata, vot i palkkais trenkipoikia, ket seilaisivat, a hää vaa voittoa luki ja pivnoita möitä hulkkui.
      The owner couldn't sail by himself, so he hired sailor boys, who sailed, and he just counted the profit and hopped pubs.

Declension

Declension of peremees (type 2/mees, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative peremees peremeehet
genitive peremeehen peremeehiin
partitive peremeestä, peremeest peremeehiä
illative peremeehee peremeehii
inessive peremeehees peremeehiis
elative peremeehest peremeehist
allative peremeehelle peremeehille
adessive peremeeheel peremeehiil
ablative peremeehelt peremeehilt
translative peremeeheks peremeehiks
essive peremeehennä, peremeeheen peremeehinnä, peremeehiin
exessive1) peremeehent peremeehint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 398
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