See also: rahn

Estonian edit

Etymology edit

Cognate to Finnish rähni, röhni, rähmi. Most likely metathesised from Proto-Finnic *närhi; compare the -näär in pasknäär (jay). Possibly a variant of the dialectal hähn. Compare Livonian ē'ņ, ē'ņõz, and dialectal Finnish hähnä.

Noun edit

rähn (genitive rähni, partitive rähni)

  1. woodpecker

Declension edit

Declension of rähn (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative rähn rähnid
accusative nom.
gen. rähni
genitive rähnide
partitive rähni rähne
rähnisid
illative rähni
rähnisse
rähnidesse
rähnesse
inessive rähnis rähnides
rähnes
elative rähnist rähnidest
rähnest
allative rähnile rähnidele
rähnele
adessive rähnil rähnidel
rähnel
ablative rähnilt rähnidelt
rähnelt
translative rähniks rähnideks
rähneks
terminative rähnini rähnideni
essive rähnina rähnidena
abessive rähnita rähnideta
comitative rähniga rähnidega