allikas
Estonian
Etymology
Cognate to Finnish allikko. Possibly from a Baltic language, compare Lithuanian šaltenis (“spring”) and šaltinis (“spring, source, that which is cold”). While the expected initial h- is seen in older Estonian texts, its loss in Finnish is unexplained, possibly due to similar words starting with ala-.
Noun
allikas (genitive allika, partitive allikat)
Declension
Inflection of allikas (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | allikas | allikad |
accusative | allika | allikad |
genitive | allika | allikate |
partitive | allikat | allikaid |
illative | allikasse | allikatesse allikaisse |
inessive | allikas | allikates allikais |
elative | allikast | allikatest allikaist |
allative | allikale | allikatele allikaile |
adessive | allikal | allikatel allikail |
ablative | allikalt | allikatelt allikailt |
translative | allikaks | allikateks allikaiks |
terminative | allikani | allikateni |
essive | allikana | allikatena |
abessive | allikata | allikateta |
comitative | allikaga | allikatega |
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