rukis

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *rugis, borrowed from either a Baltic or Germanic language, compare Lithuanian rugys and Proto-Germanic *rugiz. Cognate with Finnish ruis, Votic rüiz, ruiz, Veps rugiž, and Livvi ruiš.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrukis/, [ˈrukˑis]

Noun

rukis (genitive rukki, partitive rukkist)

1. rye

Declension

Declension of rukis (ÕS type 7/kallas, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		rukis	rukkid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	rukki
genitive			rukiste
partitive		rukist	rukkeid
illative		rukkisse	rukistesse rukkeisse
inessive		rukkis	rukistes rukkeis
elative		rukkist	rukistest rukkeist
allative		rukkile	rukistele rukkeile
adessive		rukkil	rukistel rukkeil
ablative		rukkilt	rukistelt rukkeilt
translative		rukkiks	rukisteks rukkeiks
terminative		rukkini	rukisteni
essive		rukkina	rukistena
abessive		rukkita	rukisteta
comitative		rukkiga	rukistega

Derived terms

• rukkijahu
• rukkilill
• suvirukis

 

Further reading

• “rukis”, 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
• “rukis”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• “rukis”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
• rukis in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)