küünal
Estonian edit
Etymology edit
Probably derived from Proto-Norse *ᚲᚢᚾᛞᛁᛚᚨ (*kundila), compare Old Norse kyndill, Old Swedish kyndil (“candle, torch”), Norwegian Bokmål kyndel (“torch”). Another theory suggests a later borrowing directly from Old Swedish kyndil (“candle, torch”). Either way, ultimately from Latin candēla (“candle”). Cognates include Finnish kynttilä, Votic tšüntteli, Ingrian kyntteli and Livonian kīņḑõl. Doublet of kandela.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
küünal (genitive küünla, partitive küünalt)
- candle (an ignitable solid light source made of wax, stearin or other combustible material)
- küünalt põletama, kustutama ― to burn, to blow out a candle
- rasvast küünlaid valama ― to pour candles out of animal fat
- Kuusk säras küünaldes. ― The Christmas tree lit up in candles.
- (automotive) spark plug, sparking plug (gas mixture ignition device in the cylinder of the internal combustion engine)
- (medicine) suppository
- (physics, obsolete) candela (unit of luminous intensity)
- Synonym: kandela
- (colloquial) Candlemas (February 2, one of the winter solstices in the Estonian folk calendar, and a Catholic holiday celebrating the day when the Virgin Mary first went to church with baby Jesus and the candles lit up by themselves)
- Synonyms: küünlamaarjapäev, küünlapäev
Declension edit
| Declension of küünal (ÕS type 8/küünal, length gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | küünal | küünlad | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | küünla | ||
| genitive | küünalde | ||
| partitive | küünalt | küünlaid | |
| illative | küünlasse | küünaldesse küünlaisse | |
| inessive | küünlas | küünaldes küünlais | |
| elative | küünlast | küünaldest küünlaist | |
| allative | küünlale | küünaldele küünlaile | |
| adessive | küünlal | küünaldel küünlail | |
| ablative | küünlalt | küünaldelt küünlailt | |
| translative | küünlaks | küünaldeks küünlaiks | |
| terminative | küünlani | küünaldeni | |
| essive | küünlana | küünaldena | |
| abessive | küünlata | küünaldeta | |
| comitative | küünlaga | küünaldega | |
Synonyms edit
- (candela): kandela
- (Candlemas): küünlamaarjapäev, küünlapäev