oppimees

Ingrian

Etymology

From oppi (“study”) +‎ mees (“man”).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈopːiˌmeːs/, [ˈo̞pːĭˌmeːz̠]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈopːiˌmeːs/, [ˈo̞pːiˌme̝ːʒ̥]
• Rhymes: -eːs
• Hyphenation: op‧pi‧mees

Noun

oppimees

1. (male) scientist
   • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. J. Molotsova, Loonnontiito oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 102:

     Entisiil ajoil i oppimeehet pittiisivät sitä meinaamist, jot inmihisen teki jumala.

     In ancient times the scientists, too, held themselves to this opinion, that a deity made the human.

Declension

Declension of oppimees (type 2/mees, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	oppimees	oppimeehet
genitive	oppimeehen	oppimeehiin
partitive	oppimeestä, oppimeest	oppimeehiä
illative	oppimeehee	oppimeehii
inessive	oppimeehees	oppimeehiis
elative	oppimeehest	oppimeehist
allative	oppimeehelle	oppimeehille
adessive	oppimeeheel	oppimeehiil
ablative	oppimeehelt	oppimeehilt
translative	oppimeeheks	oppimeehiks
essive	oppimeehennä, oppimeeheen	oppimeehinnä, oppimeehiin
exessive1)	oppimeehent	oppimeehint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.