rõõm

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Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *rëëmu, of possible onomatopoeic origin. Cognate to Finnish riemu and Livonian rȭm.

Pronunciation

Noun

rõõm (genitive rõõmu, partitive rõõmu)

  1. joy, happiness

Declension

Declension of rõõm (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative rõõm rõõmud
accusative nom.
gen. rõõmu
genitive rõõmude
partitive rõõmu rõõme
rõõmusid
illative rõõmu
rõõmusse
rõõmudesse
rõõmesse
inessive rõõmus rõõmudes
rõõmes
elative rõõmust rõõmudest
rõõmest
allative rõõmule rõõmudele
rõõmele
adessive rõõmul rõõmudel
rõõmel
ablative rõõmult rõõmudelt
rõõmelt
translative rõõmuks rõõmudeks
rõõmeks
terminative rõõmuni rõõmudeni
essive rõõmuna rõõmudena
abessive rõõmuta rõõmudeta
comitative rõõmuga rõõmudega

Derived terms

Further reading

  • rõõm”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • rõõm”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
  • rõõm in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)