kael

See also: kæl

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kakla. Cognate with Finnish kaula.

Noun

kael (genitive kaela, partitive kaela)

1. neck

Inflection

Declension of kael (type hein)

	singular	plural
nominative	kael	kaelad
genitive	kaela	kaelte / kaelade
partitive	kaela	kaelu / kaelasid
illative	kaela / kaelasse	kaeltesse / kaeladesse
inessive	kaelas	kaeltes / kaelades
elative	kaelast	kaeltest / kaeladest
allative	kaelale	kaeltele / kaeladele
adessive	kaelal	kaeltel / kaeladel
ablative	kaelalt	kaeltelt / kaeladelt
translative	kaelaks	kaelteks / kaeladeks
terminative	kaelani	kaelteni / kaeladeni
essive	kaelana	kaeltena / kaeladena
abessive	kaelata	kaelteta / kaeladeta
comitative	kaelaga	kaeltega / kaeladega

Declension of kael (ÕS type 22u/leib, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		kael	kaelad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	kaela
genitive			kaelade
partitive		kaela	kaelu kaelasid
illative		kaela kaelasse	kaeladesse kaelusse
inessive		kaelas	kaelades kaelus
elative		kaelast	kaeladest kaelust
allative		kaelale	kaeladele kaelule
adessive		kaelal	kaeladel kaelul
ablative		kaelalt	kaeladelt kaelult
translative		kaelaks	kaeladeks kaeluks
terminative		kaelani	kaeladeni
essive		kaelana	kaeladena
abessive		kaelata	kaeladeta
comitative		kaelaga	kaeladega

Derived terms

• kaelakee
• kaelaside
• kaelkirjak