neiu
Estonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *näitoi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnei̯u/
- Rhymes: -eiu
- Hyphenation: nei‧u
Noun
neiu (genitive neiu, partitive neiut)
- a young unmarried woman, a teenager, or a slightly older girl
- Synonyms: neid, neidis, neitsik, näitsik
- Õhtusöögi ajal istus tema lauda kena punapäine neiu.
- At dinner, a nice red-headed girl sat at her desk.
- 19-aastane neiu
- a 19-year-old girl
- mustlasneiu ― gypsy girl
- a young female representative of a particular field of work
- sekretärineiu ― (young female) secretary
- müüjaneiu ― saleswoman
- (colloquial) addressing a young female
- Neiu, palun öelge, millal läheb Tartusse viimane buss?
- Girl, please tell me, when will the last bus go to Tartu?
Declension
| Declension of neiu (ÕS type 16/pere, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | neiu | neiud | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | neiu | ||
| genitive | neiude | ||
| partitive | neiut | neiusid | |
| illative | neiusse | neiudesse | |
| inessive | neius | neiudes | |
| elative | neiust | neiudest | |
| allative | neiule | neiudele | |
| adessive | neiul | neiudel | |
| ablative | neiult | neiudelt | |
| translative | neiuks | neiudeks | |
| terminative | neiuni | neiudeni | |
| essive | neiuna | neiudena | |
| abessive | neiuta | neiudeta | |
| comitative | neiuga | neiudega | |
Compounds
- kassaneiu
- lilleneiu
- maaneiu
- mustlasneiu
- neiuau
- neiuhakatis
- neiuiga
- neiupõli
- neiusilm
- neiuvaip
- näkineiu
- taluneiu
- telefonineiu
- tudengineiu