tuhm

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Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tuhma. Cognate with Votic tuhmõ.

Adjective

tuhm (genitive tuhma, partitive tuhma, comparative tuhmem, superlative kõige tuhmem)

  1. turbid, muddy
  2. dim, dull, dingy

Declension

Declension of tuhm (ÕS type 22i/külm, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative tuhm tuhmad
accusative nom.
gen. tuhma
genitive tuhmade
partitive tuhma tuhmi
tuhmasid
illative tuhma
tuhmasse
tuhmadesse
tuhmisse
inessive tuhmas tuhmades
tuhmis
elative tuhmast tuhmadest
tuhmist
allative tuhmale tuhmadele
tuhmile
adessive tuhmal tuhmadel
tuhmil
ablative tuhmalt tuhmadelt
tuhmilt
translative tuhmaks tuhmadeks
tuhmiks
terminative tuhmani tuhmadeni
essive tuhmana tuhmadena
abessive tuhmata tuhmadeta
comitative tuhmaga tuhmadega

Further reading

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