vangla

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Etymology

From vang (prisoner) +‎ -la. Coined by Estonian philologist and Fennophile Johannes Aavik in 1917, probably inspired by Finnish vankila.

Pronunciation

Noun

vangla (genitive vangla, partitive vanglat)

  1. prison, jail (detention facility for prisoners with custodial sentences)

Declension

Declension of vangla (ÕS type 1/ohutu, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative vangla vanglad
accusative nom.
gen. vangla
genitive vanglate
partitive vanglat vanglaid
illative vanglasse vanglatesse
vanglaisse
inessive vanglas vanglates
vanglais
elative vanglast vanglatest
vanglaist
allative vanglale vanglatele
vanglaile
adessive vanglal vanglatel
vanglail
ablative vanglalt vanglatelt
vanglailt
translative vanglaks vanglateks
vanglaiks
terminative vanglani vanglateni
essive vanglana vanglatena
abessive vanglata vanglateta
comitative vanglaga vanglatega

Derived terms

Compounds

References

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