teene

See also: -teene and tę̀ʼéne

Estonian

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teene (genitive teene, partitive teenet)

merit (something deserving or worthy of positive recognition or reward)
service (an act of being of assistance to someone)
favour (UK), favor (US) (a kind or helpful deed; an instance of voluntarily assisting)
Kas sa saaksid mulle teene teha? ― Could you do me a favour?

Declension of teene (ÕS type 6/mõte, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		teene	teened
accusative	nom.	teene
accusative	gen.	teene
genitive		teene	teenete
partitive		teenet	teeneid
illative		teenesse	teenetesse teeneisse
inessive		teenes	teenetes teeneis
elative		teenest	teenetest teeneist
allative		teenele	teenetele teeneile
adessive		teenel	teenetel teeneil
ablative		teenelt	teenetelt teeneilt
translative		teeneks	teeneteks teeneiks
terminative		teeneni	teeneteni
essive		teenena	teenetena
abessive		teeneta	teeneteta
comitative		teenega	teenetega

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