raamat
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Estonian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old East Slavic грамота (gramota), from Ancient Greek γράμματα (grámmata, “letters, writing”). Compare Finnish raamattu (“bible”).
Pronunciation
Noun
raamat (genitive raamatu, partitive raamatut)
Declension
| Declension of raamat (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | raamat | raamatud | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | raamatu | ||
| genitive | raamatute | ||
| partitive | raamatut | raamatuid | |
| illative | raamatusse | raamatutesse raamatuisse | |
| inessive | raamatus | raamatutes raamatuis | |
| elative | raamatust | raamatutest raamatuist | |
| allative | raamatule | raamatutele raamatuile | |
| adessive | raamatul | raamatutel raamatuil | |
| ablative | raamatult | raamatutelt raamatuilt | |
| translative | raamatuks | raamatuteks raamatuiks | |
| terminative | raamatuni | raamatuteni | |
| essive | raamatuna | raamatutena | |
| abessive | raamatuta | raamatuteta | |
| comitative | raamatuga | raamatutega | |
Derived terms
Descendants
- →? Finnish: raamattu
Further reading
- “raamat”, in Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
- “raamat”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
- “raamat”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
- raamat in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
Võro
Etymology
From Old East Slavic грамота (gramota), from Ancient Greek γράμματα (grámmata, “letters, writing”). Compare Estonian raamat, Finnish raamattu (“bible”).
Noun
raamat (genitive raamadu, partitive raamatut)
Inflection
Inflection of raamat
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | raamat | raamaduq |
| accusative | raamadu | raamaduq |
| genitive | raamadu | raamatidõ |
| partitive | raamatut | raamatit |
| illative | raamatuhe | raamatihe |
| inessive | raamadun raamaduhn |
raamatin raamatihn |
| elative | raamadust | raamatist |
| allative | raamadulõ | raamatilõ |
| adessive | raamadul | raamatil |
| ablative | raamadult | raamatilt |
| translative | raamadus | raamatis |
| terminative | raamaduniq | raamatiniq |
| abessive | raamaduldaq | raamatildaq |
| comitative | raamadugaq | raamatidõgaq |