kihk

Estonian

Alternative forms

• kihu

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kihko. Compare Finnish kiihko (“frenzy, zeal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkihk/, [ˈkihk]
• Rhymes: -ihk
• Hyphenation: kihk

Noun

kihk (genitive kihu, partitive kihku)

1. thirst; craving

Declension

Declension of kihk (ÕS type 22e/riik, hk-h gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		kihk	kihud
accusative	nom.
	gen.	kihu
genitive			kihkude
partitive		kihku	kihke kihkusid
illative		kihku kihusse	kihkudesse kihesse
inessive		kihus	kihkudes kihes
elative		kihust	kihkudest kihest
allative		kihule	kihkudele kihele
adessive		kihul	kihkudel kihel
ablative		kihult	kihkudelt kihelt
translative		kihuks	kihkudeks kiheks
terminative		kihuni	kihkudeni
essive		kihuna	kihkudena
abessive		kihuta	kihkudeta
comitative		kihuga	kihkudega

Derived terms

• kihelema
• kihkuma
• kihutama

 

References

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