abikaasa
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Estonian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]abi (“help”) + kaasa (“companion”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]abikaasa (genitive abikaasa, partitive abikaasat)
- spouse, husband, wife
- Synonyms: kaasa, (specifically a husband) mees, (specifically a wife) naine, (even more specifically a husband) abielumees, (even more specifically a wife) abielunaine
- Jaani abikaasa Ann ― John's wife Ann
- Mari abikaasa Jüri ― Mary's husband George
Usage notes
[edit]Estonian often doesn't distinguish gender, so it is common to refer to a husband or wife just as a spouse.
Declension
[edit]| Declension of abikaasa (ÕS type 16/pere, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | abikaasa | abikaasad | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | abikaasa | ||
| genitive | abikaasade | ||
| partitive | abikaasat | abikaasasid | |
| illative | abikaasasse | abikaasadesse | |
| inessive | abikaasas | abikaasades | |
| elative | abikaasast | abikaasadest | |
| allative | abikaasale | abikaasadele | |
| adessive | abikaasal | abikaasadel | |
| ablative | abikaasalt | abikaasadelt | |
| translative | abikaasaks | abikaasadeks | |
| terminative | abikaasani | abikaasadeni | |
| essive | abikaasana | abikaasadena | |
| abessive | abikaasata | abikaasadeta | |
| comitative | abikaasaga | abikaasadega | |