tühi

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Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tühjä, from a Baltic language. Compare Lithuanian tuščias (empty, hollow).

Adjective

tühi (genitive tühja, partitive tühja, comparative tühjem, superlative kõige tühjem)

  1. empty
  2. vain
  3. useless
    Tühi töö ja vaimu närimine (Expression for useless effort)

Declension

Declension of tühi (ÕS type 24e/tühi, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative tühi tühjad
accusative nom.
gen. tühja
genitive tühjade
partitive tühja tühje
tühjasid
illative tühja
tühjasse
tühjadesse
tühjesse
inessive tühjas tühjades
tühjes
elative tühjast tühjadest
tühjest
allative tühjale tühjadele
tühjele
adessive tühjal tühjadel
tühjel
ablative tühjalt tühjadelt
tühjelt
translative tühjaks tühjadeks
tühjeks
terminative tühjani tühjadeni
essive tühjana tühjadena
abessive tühjata tühjadeta
comitative tühjaga tühjadega