vaip

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Pärsia vaip

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vaippa, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *waipaz (compare Old Norse veipa, veipr (headscarf, kerchief) and Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍀𐍃 (waips, crown, wreath)). Cognate with Votic vaippa (carpet) and Finnish vaippa (diaper; mantle, cloak, robe).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɑi̯p/,
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  • Rhymes: -ɑip
  • Hyphenation: vaip

Noun

vaip (genitive vaiba, partitive vaipa)

  1. carpet, rug; tapestry (textile covering a surface)
    Pärsia vaibadPersian rugs
    • 2008, Juhan Viiding, “külaline välismaalt [a foreign guest]”, in Hasso Krull, compiler, Kogutud luuletused, 4th edition (poetry), Tallinn: Tuum, →ISBN, page 175:
      too isand tallas poriseks mu vaiba / ja õhku rikkus / sigar mis tal suus / ta tundis huvi kelle äris teenin / ja mis ma teenin näiteks ühes kuus
      that gentleman stomped on my carpet / and the air was spoiled / by the cigar he had in his mouth / he wondered whose business I was in / and what I earned in, let's say, a month
    1. (figuratively) layer, blanket (a layer of sth covering the ground)
      Puudealust maapinda kattis kollastest lehtedest vaip.
      A blanket of yellow leaves covered the ground beneath the trees.
  2. bedspread

Declension

Declension of vaip (ÕS type 22u/leib, p-b gradation)
singular plural
nominative vaip vaibad
accusative nom.
gen. vaiba
genitive vaipade
partitive vaipa vaipu
vaipasid
illative vaipa
vaibasse
vaipadesse
vaibusse
inessive vaibas vaipades
vaibus
elative vaibast vaipadest
vaibust
allative vaibale vaipadele
vaibule
adessive vaibal vaipadel
vaibul
ablative vaibalt vaipadelt
vaibult
translative vaibaks vaipadeks
vaibuks
terminative vaibani vaipadeni
essive vaibana vaipadena
abessive vaibata vaipadeta
comitative vaibaga vaipadega

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References

  • vaip in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • vaip”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009