hernes

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *herneh, from a Balto-Slavic language, compare Latvian zirnis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhernes/, [ˈ(h)ernes]

Noun

hernes (genitive herne, partitive hernest)

1. pea

Declension

Declension of hernes (ÕS type 7/kallas, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		hernes	herned
accusative	nom.
	gen.	herne
genitive			herneste
partitive		hernest	herneid
illative		hernesse	hernestesse herneisse
inessive		hernes	hernestes herneis
elative		hernest	hernestest herneist
allative		hernele	hernestele herneile
adessive		hernel	hernestel herneil
ablative		hernelt	hernestelt herneilt
translative		herneks	hernesteks herneiks
terminative		herneni	hernesteni
essive		hernena	hernestena
abessive		herneta	hernesteta
comitative		hernega	hernestega

Derived terms

• hernejahu
• hernesupp

 

Further reading

• “hernes”, in [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
• “hernes”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• “hernes”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
• hernes in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Middle English

Alternative forms

• harnes, harns, hærnes, herenes, hernez, herns, hernys

Etymology

Inherited from Old English hærnes, plural of hærn, from Proto-West Germanic *hirʀnī, from Proto-Germanic *hirzniją.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛrn(ə)s/, /ˈharn(ə)s/

Noun

hernes pl (plural only)

1. brains; the mental organ of a living being.

Derived terms

• herne panne

Descendants

• English: harns
• Scots: harns

References

• “hernes, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-06.