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Estonian
Etymology
From tõsi + -ne. Compare Finnish totinen.
Adjective
tõsine (genitive tõsise, partitive tõsist, comparative tõsisem, superlative kõige tõsisem or tõsiseim)
- serious, grave, severe
Declension
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Further reading
- “tõsine”, in Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
- “tõsine”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
- “tõsine”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
- tõsine in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)