takjas
Estonian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *takijas, ultimately from Proto-Baltic *dagijas (“burdock”) (compare modern Latvian dadzis and Lithuanian dagys). Cognate with Finnish takiainen, Votic and Ingrian takkiain, Ludian takkiaińe, Livvi takkis- (in the compound takkisheinü (“burdock”)) and Veps takkiž.
The word has folk-etymologically merged with the stem in taki-sta/ma (“to prevent”) (compare the dialectal definition “to connect, fasten, tie up”, and its standard language equivalent takerdama (“to tangle”)).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
takjas (genitive takja, partitive takjat)
- (botany) burdock (plant of the genus Arctium)
- suur takjas ― greater burdock (Arctium lappa)
- (botany) burr, bur (seed pod of a burdock that sticks in fur or clothing)
Declension edit
| Declension of takjas (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | takjas | takjad | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | takja | ||
| genitive | takjate | ||
| partitive | takjat | takjaid | |
| illative | takjasse | takjatesse takjaisse | |
| inessive | takjas | takjates takjais | |
| elative | takjast | takjatest takjaist | |
| allative | takjale | takjatele takjaile | |
| adessive | takjal | takjatel takjail | |
| ablative | takjalt | takjatelt takjailt | |
| translative | takjaks | takjateks takjaiks | |
| terminative | takjani | takjateni | |
| essive | takjana | takjatena | |
| abessive | takjata | takjateta | |
| comitative | takjaga | takjatega | |