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Küünal

Etymology

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Probably 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

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkyˑnɑl/, [ˈkyˑnɑl]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -yˑnɑl
  • Hyphenation: küü‧nal

Noun

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küünal (genitive küünla, partitive küünalt)

  1. candle (an ignitable solid light source made of wax, stearin or other combustible material)
    küünalt põletama, kustutamato burn, to blow out a candle
    rasvast küünlaid valamato pour candles out of animal fat
    Kuusk säras küünaldes.The Christmas tree lit up in candles.
  2. (automotive) spark plug, sparking plug (gas mixture ignition device in the cylinder of the internal combustion engine)
  3. (medicine) suppository
  4. (physics, obsolete) candela (unit of luminous intensity)
    Synonym: kandela
  5. (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

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Declension of küünal (ÕS type 8/küünal, length gradation)
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

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Compounds

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References

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  • küünal in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • küünal”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
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