leevike

Estonian

Etymology

From a variant of the root lõo (“lark”) +‎ -ke.

Noun

leevike (genitive leevikese, partitive leevikest)

  1. bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
    Synonyms: leevikene, paap, punnpaabu, tombak

Declension

Declension of leevike (ÕS type 12/oluline, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative leevike leevikesed
accusative nom.
gen. leevikese
genitive leevikeste
partitive leevikest leevikesi
illative leevikesse
leevikesesse 		leevikestesse
leevikesisse
inessive leevikeses leevikestes
leevikesis
elative leevikesest leevikestest
leevikesist
allative leevikesele leevikestele
leevikesile
adessive leevikesel leevikestel
leevikesil
ablative leevikeselt leevikestelt
leevikesilt
translative leevikeseks leevikesteks
leevikesiks
terminative leevikeseni leevikesteni
essive leevikesena leevikestena
abessive leevikeseta leevikesteta
comitative leevikesega leevikestega

Further reading

  • leevike in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • “leevike”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • “leevike”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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