raudtee
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Estonian
Etymology
From raud (“iron”) + tee (“road, way”).
Pronunciation
Noun
raudtee (genitive raudtee, partitive raudteed)
Declension
| Declension of raudtee (ÕS type 26i/idee, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | raudtee | raudteed | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | raudtee | ||
| genitive | raudteede | ||
| partitive | raudteed | raudteid raudteesid | |
| illative | raudteesse | raudteedesse raudteisse | |
| inessive | raudtees | raudteedes raudteis | |
| elative | raudteest | raudteedest raudteist | |
| allative | raudteele | raudteedele raudteile | |
| adessive | raudteel | raudteedel raudteil | |
| ablative | raudteelt | raudteedelt raudteilt | |
| translative | raudteeks | raudteedeks raudteiks | |
| terminative | raudteeni | raudteedeni | |
| essive | raudteena | raudteedena | |
| abessive | raudteeta | raudteedeta | |
| comitative | raudteega | raudteedega | |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “raudtee”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
- “raudtee”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
- raudtee in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)