leitnant

Estonian

Alternative forms

• ltn (abbreviation)

Etymology

From French lieutenant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlei̯tnɑnt/, [ˈlei̯tnɑntˑ]
• Rhymes: -eitnɑnt
• Hyphenation: leit‧nant

Noun

leitnant (genitive leitnandi, partitive leitnanti)

1. lieutenant (the rank of junior officer subsequent to junior lieutenant and prior to captain (senior lieutenant in the navy) in the Estonian and other national defence forces (including the navy))

Declension

Declension of leitnant (ÕS type 22e/riik, t-d gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		leitnant	leitnandid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	leitnandi
genitive			leitnantide
partitive		leitnanti	leitnante leitnantisid
illative		leitnanti leitnandisse	leitnantidesse leitnandesse
inessive		leitnandis	leitnantides leitnandes
elative		leitnandist	leitnantidest leitnandest
allative		leitnandile	leitnantidele leitnandele
adessive		leitnandil	leitnantidel leitnandel
ablative		leitnandilt	leitnantidelt leitnandelt
translative		leitnandiks	leitnantideks leitnandeks
terminative		leitnandini	leitnantideni
essive		leitnandina	leitnantidena
abessive		leitnandita	leitnantideta
comitative		leitnandiga	leitnantidega

Compounds

• kolonelleitnant
• nooremleitnant

References

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