emakas

Estonian

Etymology

From ema (“mother”) +‎ -kas.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈemɑkɑs/, [ˈemɑkˑɑs]
  • Rhymes: -emɑkɑs
  • Hyphenation: e‧ma‧kas

Noun

emakas (genitive emaka, partitive emakat)

  1. womb, uterus
    Synonyms: (all obsolete) emakoda, lapsekoda

Declension
Declension of emakas (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative emakas emakad
accusative nom.
gen. emaka
genitive emakate
partitive emakat emakaid
illative emakasse emakatesse
emakaisse
inessive emakas emakates
emakais
elative emakast emakatest
emakaist
allative emakale emakatele
emakaile
adessive emakal emakatel
emakail
ablative emakalt emakatelt
emakailt
translative emakaks emakateks
emakaiks
terminative emakani emakateni
essive emakana emakatena
abessive emakata emakateta
comitative emakaga emakatega

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