Estonian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *nämä, from Proto-Uralic *nä. Cognate with Finnish nämä.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈnemɑd̥/, [ˈnemɑd̥]
  • Rhymes: -emɑd
  • Hyphenation: ne‧mad

Pronoun edit

nemad (short form nad)

  1. they
    Nemad saabusid oma kohtumisele hilja.
    They arrived late for their appointment.

Declension edit

Declension of nemad
3rd person singular plural
long short long short
nominative tema ta nemad nad
genitive tema ta nende nende
partitive teda neid
illative temasse tasse nendesse neisse
inessive temas tas nendes neis
elative temast tast nendest neist
allative temale talle nendele neile
adessive temal tal nendel neil
ablative temalt talt nendelt neilt
translative temaks nendeks neiks
terminative temani nendeni
essive temana nendena
abessive temata nendeta
comitative temaga taga nendega

See also edit

References edit

  • nemad in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • nemad”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012