pilv

See also: pil'v and pilv'

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *pilvi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *pilwe. Cognate with Finnish pilvi and Hungarian felhő.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpilv/, [ˈpilv]
• Rhymes: -ilv
• Hyphenation: pilv

Noun

pilv (genitive pilve, partitive pilve)

1. cloud

Declension

Declension of pilv (ÕS type 22i/külm, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		pilv	pilved
accusative	nom.
	gen.	pilve
genitive			pilvede
partitive		pilve	pilvi pilvesid
illative		pilve pilvesse	pilvedesse pilvisse
inessive		pilves	pilvedes pilvis
elative		pilvest	pilvedest pilvist
allative		pilvele	pilvedele pilvile
adessive		pilvel	pilvedel pilvil
ablative		pilvelt	pilvedelt pilvilt
translative		pilveks	pilvedeks pilviks
terminative		pilveni	pilvedeni
essive		pilvena	pilvedena
abessive		pilveta	pilvedeta
comitative		pilvega	pilvedega

Derived terms

• pilvine

 

References

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