küünal
Estonian
editEtymology
editProbably derived from Proto-Norse *ᚲᚢᚾᛞᛁᛚᚨ (*kundila), compare Old Norse kyndill, Old Swedish kyndil (“candle, torch”), Norwegian Bokmål kyndel (“torch”). Another theory suggests a later borrowing directly from Old Swedish kyndil (“candle, torch”). Either way, ultimately from Latin candēla (“candle”). Cognates include Finnish kynttilä, Votic tšüntteli, Ingrian kyntteli and Livonian kīņḑõl. Doublet of kandela.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editküünal (genitive küünla, partitive küünalt)
- candle (an ignitable solid light source made of wax, stearin or other combustible material)
- küünalt põletama, kustutama ― to burn, to blow out a candle
- rasvast küünlaid valama ― to pour candles out of animal fat
- Kuusk säras küünaldes. ― The Christmas tree lit up in candles.
- (automotive) spark plug, sparking plug (gas mixture ignition device in the cylinder of the internal combustion engine)
- (medicine) suppository
- (physics, obsolete) candela (unit of luminous intensity)
- Synonym: kandela
- (colloquial) Candlemas (February 2, one of the winter solstices in the Estonian folk calendar, and a Catholic holiday celebrating the day when the Virgin Mary first went to church with baby Jesus and the candles lit up by themselves)
- Synonyms: küünlamaarjapäev, küünlapäev
Declension
editDeclension of küünal (ÕS type 8/küünal, length gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | küünal | küünlad | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | küünla | ||
genitive | küünalde | ||
partitive | küünalt | küünlaid | |
illative | küünlasse | küünaldesse küünlaisse | |
inessive | küünlas | küünaldes küünlais | |
elative | küünlast | küünaldest küünlaist | |
allative | küünlale | küünaldele küünlaile | |
adessive | küünlal | küünaldel küünlail | |
ablative | küünlalt | küünaldelt küünlailt | |
translative | küünlaks | küünaldeks küünlaiks | |
terminative | küünlani | küünaldeni | |
essive | küünlana | küünaldena | |
abessive | küünlata | küünaldeta | |
comitative | küünlaga | küünaldega |
Synonyms
edit- (candela): kandela
- (Candlemas): küünlamaarjapäev, küünlapäev
Compounds
editReferences
editCategories:
- Estonian terms derived from Proto-Norse
- Estonian terms derived from Old Swedish
- Estonian terms derived from Latin
- Estonian doublets
- Estonian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Estonian terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Estonian/yˑnɑl
- Rhymes:Estonian/yˑnɑl/2 syllables
- Estonian lemmas
- Estonian nouns
- Estonian terms with usage examples
- et:Automotive
- et:Medicine
- et:Physics
- Estonian terms with obsolete senses
- Estonian colloquialisms
- Estonian küünal-type nominals
- et:Light sources
- et:Fire