uulits
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Estonian
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian у́лица (úlica).
Pronunciation
Noun
uulits (genitive uulitsa, partitive uulitsat)
- (obsolete or South Estonian) street
- (Can we date this quote?), August Alle, Massimõrvade laupäeval [On the Saturday of Massacres]:
- Las uulits märatseb / ja joobub pruunsärgi tallast, / mis põrutab tänavakive, / kui kantakse haakristi lippe / mõne marsi taktil.
- Let the streets riot / and get drunk on the soles of the brownshirts, / that bounce off the paving stones, / as the flags of the swastika are carried / to the beat of some march.
Declension
| Declension of uulits (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | uulits | uulitsad | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | uulitsa | ||
| genitive | uulitsate | ||
| partitive | uulitsat | uulitsaid | |
| illative | uulitsasse | uulitsatesse uulitsaisse | |
| inessive | uulitsas | uulitsates uulitsais | |
| elative | uulitsast | uulitsatest uulitsaist | |
| allative | uulitsale | uulitsatele uulitsaile | |
| adessive | uulitsal | uulitsatel uulitsail | |
| ablative | uulitsalt | uulitsatelt uulitsailt | |
| translative | uulitsaks | uulitsateks uulitsaiks | |
| terminative | uulitsani | uulitsateni | |
| essive | uulitsana | uulitsatena | |
| abessive | uulitsata | uulitsateta | |
| comitative | uulitsaga | uulitsatega | |
Synonyms
- (Standard Estonian) tänav
Compounds
References
- uulits in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
- “uulits”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
Võro
Noun
uulits (genitive uulidsa, partitive uulitsat)
- Alternative form of huulits