veider

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *veiterä. Cognates include dialectal Finnish veiterä (“lively, brisk; sharp”), Votic veitere (“quick, agile; brave”), and Ingrian veiterä (“lively; fun”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvei̯d̥er/, [ˈvei̯d̥er]
• Rhymes: -eider
• Hyphenation: vei‧der

Adjective

veider (genitive veidra, partitive veidrat, comparative veidram, superlative kõige veidram or veidraim)

1. strange, odd, weird

   Synonyms: imelik, kummaline

Declension

Declension of veider (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		veider	veidrad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	veidra
genitive			veidrate
partitive		veidrat	veidraid
illative		veidrasse	veidratesse veidraisse
inessive		veidras	veidrates veidrais
elative		veidrast	veidratest veidraist
allative		veidrale	veidratele veidraile
adessive		veidral	veidratel veidrail
ablative		veidralt	veidratelt veidrailt
translative		veidraks	veidrateks veidraiks
terminative		veidrani	veidrateni
essive		veidrana	veidratena
abessive		veidrata	veidrateta
comitative		veidraga	veidratega

Derived terms

• veiderdama
• veidralt
• veidravõitu
• veidrik
• veidrus

 

References

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

veider

1. present of veida