äi

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Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *äijä (old man), from Proto-Finno-Permic *äjjä (old man). Cognates include Finnish äijä (old man), Votic äjje, Ingrian äijä (grandfather; father-in-law; old man), Karelian äijä (a lot of), Livvi äijy (many, much), Ludian äij (a lot of), Veps äi (many, much); Northern Sami áddjá (grandfather), Komi-Zyrian ай (aj, male animal) and Udmurt айы (ajy, father).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈæi̯/,
  • Rhymes: -æi
  • Hyphenation: äi

Noun

äi (genitive äia, partitive äia)

  1. father-in-law (one's spouse's father)
    Hyponyms: meheisa, naiseisa
    Coordinate term: ämm

Declension

Declension of äi (ÕS type 22u/leib, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative äi äiad
accusative nom.
gen. äia
genitive äiade
partitive äia äiu
äiasid
illative äia
äiasse
äiadesse
inessive äias äiades
elative äiast äiadest
allative äiale äiadele
adessive äial äiadel
ablative äialt äiadelt
translative äiaks äiadeks
terminative äiani äiadeni
essive äiana äiadena
abessive äiata äiadeta
comitative äiaga äiadega

Compounds

References

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

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *äijä.

Determiner

äi

  1. many, much

Inflection

Not inflected.

References

  • Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “много”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika