pliiats
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Estonian
Etymology
From Swedish blyerts (“black lead, graphite”), from German Bleierz, which is compound of Blei (lead (chemical element)) + Erz (ore). See also: Estonian plii (“lead”).
Noun
pliiats (genitive pliiatsi, partitive pliiatsit)
Declension
| Declension of pliiats (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | pliiats | pliiatsid | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | pliiatsi | ||
| genitive | pliiatsite | ||
| partitive | pliiatsit | pliiatseid | |
| illative | pliiatsisse | pliiatsitesse pliiatseisse | |
| inessive | pliiatsis | pliiatsites pliiatseis | |
| elative | pliiatsist | pliiatsitest pliiatseist | |
| allative | pliiatsile | pliiatsitele pliiatseile | |
| adessive | pliiatsil | pliiatsitel pliiatseil | |
| ablative | pliiatsilt | pliiatsitelt pliiatseilt | |
| translative | pliiatsiks | pliiatsiteks pliiatseiks | |
| terminative | pliiatsini | pliiatsiteni | |
| essive | pliiatsina | pliiatsitena | |
| abessive | pliiatsita | pliiatsiteta | |
| comitative | pliiatsiga | pliiatsitega | |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “pliiats”, in Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
- “pliiats”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
- “pliiats”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
- pliiats in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)