ämm

See also: amm

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ämmä. Cognate with Finnish ämmä and Votic ämme.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæmː/, [ˈæmː]
• Rhymes: -æmː
• Hyphenation: ämm

Noun

ämm (genitive ämma, partitive ämma)

1. mother-in-law

   Synonyms: ämmamoor, ämmamamma, ämmaeit

Declension

Declension of ämm (ÕS type 22i/külm, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		ämm	ämmad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	ämma
genitive			ämmade
partitive		ämma	ämmi ämmasid
illative		ämma ämmasse	ämmadesse ämmisse
inessive		ämmas	ämmades ämmis
elative		ämmast	ämmadest ämmist
allative		ämmale	ämmadele ämmile
adessive		ämmal	ämmadel ämmil
ablative		ämmalt	ämmadelt ämmilt
translative		ämmaks	ämmadeks ämmiks
terminative		ämmani	ämmadeni
essive		ämmana	ämmadena
abessive		ämmata	ämmadeta
comitative		ämmaga	ämmadega

Compounds

• ämmaeit
• ämmamamma
• ämmamoor

 

Related terms

• minia
• väimees
• äi

 

References

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