Estonian

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Etymology

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From German Adel or Dutch adel.[1][2]

Noun

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aadel (genitive aadli, partitive aadlit)

  1. noble, nobleman

Declension

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Declension of aadel (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative aadel aadlid
accusative nom.
gen. aadli
genitive aadlite
partitive aadlit aadleid
illative aadlisse aadlitesse
aadleisse
inessive aadlis aadlites
aadleis
elative aadlist aadlitest
aadleist
allative aadlile aadlitele
aadleile
adessive aadlil aadlitel
aadleil
ablative aadlilt aadlitelt
aadleilt
translative aadliks aadliteks
aadleiks
terminative aadlini aadliteni
essive aadlina aadlitena
abessive aadlita aadliteta
comitative aadliga aadlitega

References

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  1. ^ aadel in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  2. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline (2010) “adel”, in Nederlandse woorden wereldwijd [Dutch words worldwide]‎[1] (in Dutch), The Hague: Sdu Uitgevers, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 172

Further reading

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  • aadel”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009