vanaisa

Estonian

Etymology

vana +‎ isa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɑnɑˌisɑ/, [ˈvɑnɑˌisɑ]
• Rhymes: -isɑ
• Hyphenation: va‧na‧i‧sa

Noun

vanaisa (genitive vanaisa, partitive vanaisa)

1. grandfather

   Synonym: vaar

   Coordinate term: vanaema (“grandmother”)

Declension

Declension of vanaisa (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		vanaisa	vanaisad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	vanaisa
genitive			vanaisade
partitive		vanaisa	vanaisasid
illative		vanaisa vanaisasse	vanaisadesse
inessive		vanaisas	vanaisades
elative		vanaisast	vanaisadest
allative		vanaisale	vanaisadele
adessive		vanaisal	vanaisadel
ablative		vanaisalt	vanaisadelt
translative		vanaisaks	vanaisadeks
terminative		vanaisani	vanaisadeni
essive		vanaisana	vanaisadena
abessive		vanaisata	vanaisadeta
comitative		vanaisaga	vanaisadega

References

• vanaisa in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “vanaisa”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009