vähene

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Estonian

Etymology

From vähe +‎ -ne.

Adjective

vähene (genitive vähese, partitive vähest, comparative vähesem, superlative kõige vähesem)

  1. few, little, scarce (low in number or amount)
    Mida ma teen oma vähese rahaga?
    What will I do with the little money I have?

Noun

vähene (genitive vähese, partitive vähest)

  1. the little
    Selle vähesega ei saa me hakkama.
    We can't manage with the little we have.
  2. (in the plural) the few people, a few people
    Ainult vähesed tunnevad seda lugu.
    Only a few people know this story.

Declension

Declension of vähene (ÕS type 10/soolane, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative vähene vähesed
accusative nom.
gen. vähese
genitive väheste
partitive vähest väheseid
illative vähesesse vähestesse
väheseisse
inessive väheses vähestes
väheseis
elative vähesest vähestest
väheseist
allative vähesele vähestele
väheseile
adessive vähesel vähestel
väheseil
ablative väheselt vähestelt
väheseilt
translative väheseks vähesteks
väheseiks
terminative väheseni vähesteni
essive vähesena vähestena
abessive väheseta vähesteta
comitative vähesega vähestega

Finnish

Verb

vähene

  1. inflection of vähetä:
    1. present active indicative connegative
    2. second-person singular present imperative
    3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative