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Estonian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic. Cognate with Finnish vimma.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈvimː/, [ˈvimː]

Noun

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vimm (genitive vimma, partitive vimma)

  1. grudge, enmity, rancor
    Tal on minu vastu vana vimm
    S/he has an old grudge against me.

Declension

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Declension of vimm (ÕS type 22i/külm, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative vimm vimmad
accusative nom.
gen. vimma
genitive vimmade
partitive vimma vimmi
vimmasid
illative vimma
vimmasse
vimmadesse
vimmisse
inessive vimmas vimmades
vimmis
elative vimmast vimmadest
vimmist
allative vimmale vimmadele
vimmile
adessive vimmal vimmadel
vimmil
ablative vimmalt vimmadelt
vimmilt
translative vimmaks vimmadeks
vimmiks
terminative vimmani vimmadeni
essive vimmana vimmadena
abessive vimmata vimmadeta
comitative vimmaga vimmadega

Further reading

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