nestor
See also: Nestor
English edit
Noun edit
nestor (plural nestors)
- Any parrot of the genus Nestor.
Czech edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nestor m anim
- any parrot of the genus Nestor
Declension edit
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
< Nestor
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nestor
- doyen (the senior, or eldest male member of a group)
Declension edit
Inflection of nestor (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | nestor | nestorit | ||
genitive | nestorin | nestorien | ||
partitive | nestoria | nestoreja | ||
illative | nestoriin | nestoreihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | nestor | nestorit | ||
accusative | nom. | nestor | nestorit | |
gen. | nestorin | |||
genitive | nestorin | nestorien | ||
partitive | nestoria | nestoreja | ||
inessive | nestorissa | nestoreissa | ||
elative | nestorista | nestoreista | ||
illative | nestoriin | nestoreihin | ||
adessive | nestorilla | nestoreilla | ||
ablative | nestorilta | nestoreilta | ||
allative | nestorille | nestoreille | ||
essive | nestorina | nestoreina | ||
translative | nestoriksi | nestoreiksi | ||
abessive | nestoritta | nestoreitta | ||
instructive | — | nestorein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading edit
- “nestor”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Νέστωρ (Néstōr), the name of an elderly warrior in Homer's Iliad who frequently offers advice to the other characters.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nestor m pers (female equivalent nestorka)
- doyen, senior (oldest member of the family by age)
- doyen, elder, senior (eldest or most experienced member of a group)
- Synonyms: patriarcha, senior
Declension edit
Declension of nestor
Noun edit
nestor m animal
- nestor, New Zealand parrot (any parrot of the genus Nestor)
Declension edit
Declension of nestor