küünar

Estonian

Etymology

Related to Finnish kyynärä and Hungarian könyök.

Noun

küünar (genitive küünra, partitive küünart)

  1. (obsolete, except in compounds) elbow
  2. cubit, ell (unit)

Usage notes
  • The Estonian küünar was equal to 53.3 cm or 60.7 cm, depending on field of application. Thus, it is closer in length to the English cubit (anything between 17 and 21 inches or 42 to 53 cm) than ell (45 inches or 114.3 cm). However, originally the ell was defined as equal to 18 inches (45.7 cm).

Inflection
Inflection of küünar (ÕS type 8/küünal, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative küünar küünrad
accusative küünra küünrad
genitive küünra küünarde
partitive küünart küünraid
illative küünrasse küünardesse
küünraisse
inessive küünras küünardes
küünrais
elative küünrast küünardest
küünraist
allative küünrale küünardele
küünraile
adessive küünral küünardel
küünrail
ablative küünralt küünardelt
küünrailt
translative küünraks küünardeks
küünraiks
terminative küünrani küünardeni
essive küünrana küünardena
abessive küünrata küünardeta
comitative küünraga küünardega

Derived terms
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