vaene

See also: väne

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vaivainën. Cognate to Finnish vaivainen. See also vaev.

Adjective

vaene (comparative vaesem, superlative kõige vaesem, genitive vaese, partitive vaest)

1. poor, not rich

Declension

Declension of vaene (ÕS type 10/soolane, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		vaene	vaesed
accusative	nom.
	gen.	vaese
genitive			vaeste
partitive		vaest	vaeseid
illative		vaesesse	vaestesse vaeseisse
inessive		vaeses	vaestes vaeseis
elative		vaesest	vaestest vaeseist
allative		vaesele	vaestele vaeseile
adessive		vaesel	vaestel vaeseil
ablative		vaeselt	vaestelt vaeseilt
translative		vaeseks	vaesteks vaeseiks
terminative		vaeseni	vaesteni
essive		vaesena	vaestena
abessive		vaeseta	vaesteta
comitative		vaesega	vaestega