sünna

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Estonian

Etymology

Clipping of sünnipäev.

Pronunciation

Noun

sünna (genitive sünna, partitive sünnat)

  1. (colloquial, slang) birthday (the day on which someone is born or something is built or created)
    Synonyms: hällipäev, sünnipäev
  2. (colloquial, slang) birthday party (a celebration dinner to mark a year of being one year older)
    Synonyms: sünnipäev, sünnipäevapidu

Declension

Declension of sünna (ÕS type 16/pere, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative sünna sünnad
accusative nom.
gen. sünna
genitive sünnade
partitive sünnat sünnasid
illative sünnasse sünnadesse
inessive sünnas sünnades
elative sünnast sünnadest
allative sünnale sünnadele
adessive sünnal sünnadel
ablative sünnalt sünnadelt
translative sünnaks sünnadeks
terminative sünnani sünnadeni
essive sünnana sünnadena
abessive sünnata sünnadeta
comitative sünnaga sünnadega

References

  • sünna in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • sünna”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009