nõder
Estonian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Finnic *nëtra. Cognates include Finnish nöyrä (“humble; flexible”), Livonian nõ’ddõrz (“weak, small”), Votic nõdrõ (“weak, frail; flexible; thin; humble”), Ingrian nodra (“flexible; weak”), Livvi n'eyry (“skilful”) and Karelian neyrä (“humble; bad, weak, poor; windy; skilful; smart”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editnõder (genitive nõdra, partitive nõtra, comparative nõdrem, superlative kõige nõdrem or nõdrim)
- feeble, frail, weak, infirm
- 1894, Andres Rennit, Nurmelt ja niidult (poetry), →ISBN, Mu pääle ära kaeba:
- Küll tean, küll mõistan, palju oleks / Sul pärida ſu poja käeſt, / Küll tunnen, mis mul teha tuleks, / Kuid käevars on nõder wäeſt.
- I know, I understand, how much / thou oughtest to ask thy son, / I know what I ought to do, / yet the arm is weak.
- 1954 April 8, Jakob Tamm, 0:00:19 from the start, in Punik[1], spoken by Leo Martin, Eesti Rahvusringhääling:
- Ja kus näib teine nõdrem ees, / seal iga kergatski on mees!
- And where someone else seems before you seems to be more feeble, there even every coxcomb is a man!
- sickly, valetudinarian
- senile, decrepit
Declension
edit| Declension of nõder (ÕS type 24u/padi, length gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | nõder | nõdrad | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | nõdra | ||
| genitive | nõtrade | ||
| partitive | nõtra | nõtru nõtrasid | |
| illative | nõtra nõdrasse |
nõtradesse nõdrusse | |
| inessive | nõdras | nõtrades nõdrus | |
| elative | nõdrast | nõtradest nõdrust | |
| allative | nõdrale | nõtradele nõdrule | |
| adessive | nõdral | nõtradel nõdrul | |
| ablative | nõdralt | nõtradelt nõdrult | |
| translative | nõdraks | nõtradeks nõdruks | |
| terminative | nõdrani | nõtradeni | |
| essive | nõdrana | nõtradena | |
| abessive | nõdrata | nõtradeta | |
| comitative | nõdraga | nõtradega | |
Derived terms
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