haige

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *haikëda. Cognate with Finnish haikea, Võro haigõ.

Adjective

haige (genitive haige, partitive haiget, comparative haigem, superlative kõige haigem)

1. sick, ill

Inflection

Declension of haige (ÕS type 1/ohutu, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		haige	haiged
accusative	nom.
	gen.	haige
genitive			haigete
partitive		haiget	haigeid
illative		haigesse	haigetesse haigeisse
inessive		haiges	haigetes haigeis
elative		haigest	haigetest haigeist
allative		haigele	haigetele haigeile
adessive		haigel	haigetel haigeil
ablative		haigelt	haigetelt haigeilt
translative		haigeks	haigeteks haigeiks
terminative		haigeni	haigeteni
essive		haigena	haigetena
abessive		haigeta	haigeteta
comitative		haigega	haigetega

Derived terms

• haigla (“hospital”)
• haigus (“illness, disease”)

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaɟɪ/

Noun

haige

1. h-prothesized form of aige