iroonia

Estonian

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek εἰρωνεία (eirōneía). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /irˈoːniɑ/

Noun

iroonia (genitive iroonia, partitive irooniat)

1. irony

Declension

Declension of iroonia (ÕS type 1/ohutu, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		iroonia	irooniad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	iroonia
genitive			irooniate
partitive		irooniat	irooniaid
illative		irooniasse	irooniatesse irooniaisse
inessive		iroonias	irooniates irooniais
elative		irooniast	irooniatest irooniaist
allative		irooniale	irooniatele irooniaile
adessive		iroonial	irooniatel irooniail
ablative		iroonialt	irooniatelt irooniailt
translative		irooniaks	irooniateks irooniaiks
terminative		irooniani	irooniateni
essive		irooniana	irooniatena
abessive		irooniata	irooniateta
comitative		irooniaga	irooniatega

Further reading

• “iroonia”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• “iroonia”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
• iroonia in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)