üdi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "udi"

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *üdin, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *wideme. Cognate with Finnish ydin (“core, kernel; marrow”), Karelian yjin, Livvi üdin, Northern Sami ađa (“(bone with) marrow”) (from Proto-Samic *ëδëm), Erzya удем (uďem, “brain, intellect; marrow”), Eastern Mari вем (vem, “brain; marrow”), Udmurt виым (viym, “brain; marrow”), Komi-Zyrian вем (vem, “brain; marrow”), Northern Khanty вэԓǝм (wełǝm, “marrow; brain; core”), Northern Mansi ва̄лм (vālm, “brain; marrow”) and Hungarian velő (“brain; marrow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈyd̥i/, [ˈyd̥ʲi]
• Rhymes: -yd̥i
• Hyphenation: ü‧di

Noun

üdi (genitive üdi, partitive üdi)

1. marrow, bone marrow (Medulla ossium)

   Synonyms: luuüdi, kondiüdi

   1. core, point, essence

      loo üdi ― the point of the story

Declension

Declension of üdi (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		üdi	üdid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	üdi
genitive			üdide
partitive		üdi	üdisid
illative		ütti üdisse	üdidesse
inessive		üdis	üdides
elative		üdist	üdidest
allative		üdile	üdidele
adessive		üdil	üdidel
ablative		üdilt	üdidelt
translative		üdiks	üdideks
terminative		üdini	üdideni
essive		üdina	üdidena
abessive		üdita	üdideta
comitative		üdiga	üdidega

Synonyms

• (bone marrow): luuüdi, kondiüdi

Derived terms

• üdikas

 

Compounds

• kondiüdi
• luuüdi
• üdihernes
• üdikont
• üdirakk
• üdiõõs

 

References

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