tühm

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See also: tuhm

Estonian

Etymology

Front-vowel variant of tuhm. Compare Finnish tyhmä.

Adjective

tühm (genitive tühma, partitive tühma, comparative tühmem, superlative kõige tühmem)

  1. (colloquial) dumb, dim, stupid

Declension

Declension of tühm (ÕS type 22i/külm, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative tühm tühmad
accusative nom.
gen. tühma
genitive tühmade
partitive tühma tühmi
tühmasid
illative tühma
tühmasse
tühmadesse
tühmisse
inessive tühmas tühmades
tühmis
elative tühmast tühmadest
tühmist
allative tühmale tühmadele
tühmile
adessive tühmal tühmadel
tühmil
ablative tühmalt tühmadelt
tühmilt
translative tühmaks tühmadeks
tühmiks
terminative tühmani tühmadeni
essive tühmana tühmadena
abessive tühmata tühmadeta
comitative tühmaga tühmadega

Further reading

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