vikatimees

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Estonian

Etymology

vikat (“scythe”) +‎ mees (“man”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvikɑtiˌmeːs/,
  • Rhymes: -eːs
  • Hyphenation: vi‧ka‧ti‧mees

Noun

vikatimees (genitive vikatimehe, partitive vikatimeest)

  1. somebody who mows lawn with a scythe
  2. (figuratively) Death, the Grim Reaper (personification of death)

Declension

Declension of vikatimees (ÕS type 13/suur, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative vikatimees vikatimehed
accusative nom.
gen. vikatimehe
genitive vikatimeeste
partitive vikatimeest vikatimehi
illative vikatimehesse vikatimeestesse
vikatimehisse
inessive vikatimehes vikatimeestes
vikatimehis
elative vikatimehest vikatimeestest
vikatimehist
allative vikatimehele vikatimeestele
vikatimehile
adessive vikatimehel vikatimeestel
vikatimehil
ablative vikatimehelt vikatimeestelt
vikatimehilt
translative vikatimeheks vikatimeesteks
vikatimehiks
terminative vikatimeheni vikatimeesteni
essive vikatimehena vikatimeestena
abessive vikatimeheta vikatimeesteta
comitative vikatimehega vikatimeestega

References

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