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Estonian
Etymology
From piiramine (“siege”) + seisukord (“state”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpiːrɑmisˌsei̯sukord̥/,
- Rhymes: -eisukord
- Hyphenation: pii‧ra‧mis‧sei‧su‧kord
Noun
piiramisseisukord (genitive piiramisseisukorra, partitive piiramisseisukorda)
- (law) state of siege
- Martial law imposed in territories blocked by the enemy in case of risk of attack or other exceptional circumstance.
Declension
References
- piiramisseisukord in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
- “piiramisseisukord”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009