vähe

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Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vähä. Cognate with Finnish vähä. Also compare Erzya веженсь (veženś, younger, youngest, little), Moksha вяжя (väžä, the youngest one, the least one).

Adverb

vähe (comparative vähem)

  1. a small amount, a little
    Meile anti hästi vähe süüa.
    We were given very little food.

Synonyms

Pronoun

vähe (genitive vähe, partitive vähet)

  1. a small amount; some
    Võta laps väheks ajaks sülle.
    Take the child on your lap for some time.

Declension

Declension of vähe (ÕS type 16/pere, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative vähe vähed
accusative nom.
gen. vähe
genitive vähede
partitive vähet vähesid
illative vähhe
vähesse
vähedesse
inessive vähes vähedes
elative vähest vähedest
allative vähele vähedele
adessive vähel vähedel
ablative vähelt vähedelt
translative väheks vähedeks
terminative väheni vähedeni
essive vähena vähedena
abessive väheta vähedeta
comitative vähega vähedega

Derived terms