kahvel
Estonian
Etymology
From a Germanic language. Compare Dutch gaffel, German Gabel, Swedish gaffel. From Proto-West Germanic *gabulu (“fork”).
Declension
| Declension of kahvel (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kahvel | kahvlid | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | kahvli | ||
| genitive | kahvlite | ||
| partitive | kahvlit | kahvleid | |
| illative | kahvlisse | kahvlitesse kahvleisse | |
| inessive | kahvlis | kahvlites kahvleis | |
| elative | kahvlist | kahvlitest kahvleist | |
| allative | kahvlile | kahvlitele kahvleile | |
| adessive | kahvlil | kahvlitel kahvleil | |
| ablative | kahvlilt | kahvlitelt kahvleilt | |
| translative | kahvliks | kahvliteks kahvleiks | |
| terminative | kahvlini | kahvliteni | |
| essive | kahvlina | kahvlitena | |
| abessive | kahvlita | kahvliteta | |
| comitative | kahvliga | kahvlitega | |
Further reading
- “kahvel”, 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
- “kahvel”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
- “kahvel”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
- kahvel in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
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