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)

1. spring (source of water)
2. source (where something comes from)
3. (writing) reference

Declension

Declension of allikas (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		allikas	allikad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	allika
genitive			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