pimedus

Estonian

Etymology

From pime (“dark, blind”) +‎ -dus. Compare Finnish pimeys.

Noun

pimedus (genitive pimeduse, partitive pimedust)

1. darkness
2. blindness

   Synonym: pimesus

Declension

Declension of pimedus (ÕS type 11/harjutus, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		pimedus	pimedused
accusative	nom.
	gen.	pimeduse
genitive			pimeduste
partitive		pimedust	pimedusi
illative		pimedusse pimedusesse	pimedustesse pimedusisse
inessive		pimeduses	pimedustes pimedusis
elative		pimedusest	pimedustest pimedusist
allative		pimedusele	pimedustele pimedusile
adessive		pimedusel	pimedustel pimedusil
ablative		pimeduselt	pimedustelt pimedusilt
translative		pimeduseks	pimedusteks pimedusiks
terminative		pimeduseni	pimedusteni
essive		pimedusena	pimedustena
abessive		pimeduseta	pimedusteta
comitative		pimedusega	pimedustega

Related terms

• kanapimedus
• värvipimedus

 

Further reading

• “pimedus”, in [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
• “pimedus”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• “pimedus”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
• pimedus in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)