valge
Estonian
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 2 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "fiu-fin-pro" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E., from Proto-Finno-Ugric *wëlketa, from *walke or *wïlki (“light”). Cognate with Finnish valkea, Livonian vālda, Votic valkõa, Ingrian valkia, Karelian valgie, Livvi valgei, Ludian valged, Veps vauged, Northern Sami vielgat (from Proto-Samic *vielkëtē) and Mari; possibly also Erzya валдо (valdo, “light”), Moksha валда (valda, “light”) and Hungarian villám (“lightning”), világ (“light”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
valge (genitive valge, partitive valget, comparative valgem, superlative kõige valgem or valgeim)
- white (color)
- Jõuluvanal on pikk valge habe.
- Santa Claus has a long white beard.
- Antonym: must
- light, bright, illuminated
- Having light skin, belonging to the Caucasian race.
- valged lõuna-aafriklased ― white South Africans
- Synonym: valgenahaline
- Related to the counterrevolutionary White movement during the Russian Civil War.
- Synonym: valgekaartlik
Declension
| Declension of valge (ÕS type 1/ohutu, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | valge | valged | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | valge | ||
| genitive | valgete | ||
| partitive | valget | valgeid | |
| illative | valgesse | valgetesse valgeisse | |
| inessive | valges | valgetes valgeis | |
| elative | valgest | valgetest valgeist | |
| allative | valgele | valgetele valgeile | |
| adessive | valgel | valgetel valgeil | |
| ablative | valgelt | valgetelt valgeilt | |
| translative | valgeks | valgeteks valgeiks | |
| terminative | valgeni | valgeteni | |
| essive | valgena | valgetena | |
| abessive | valgeta | valgeteta | |
| comitative | valgega | valgetega | |
Synonyms
- (light, bright, illuminated): hele
- (covered in snow): lumine
- (having light skin): valgenahaline
- (related to the White movement): valgekaartlik
Antonyms
Derived terms
adjectives
nouns
verbs
Compounds
- alabastervalge
- hallikasvalge
- hallvalge
- helevalge
- hõbejasvalge
- hõbevalge
- härmavalge
- kajakvalge
- kiiskavvalge
- kollakasvalge
- kreemikasvalge
- kreemvalge
- kriitvalge
- kuuvalge
- küünlavalge
- lambavalge
- linavalge
- loodusvalge
- lubivalge
- luikvalge
- lumivalge
- lõuendvalge
- marmorvalge
- mattvalge
- mustvalge
- näpuvalge
- pabervalge
- piimjasvalge
- piimvalge
- pimestavvalge
- pleekvalge
- pliivalge
- punakasvalge
- päevavalge
- pärgamentvalge
- pärlvalge
- rohekasvalge
- roosakasvalge
- roosavalge
- sinakasvalge
- sinimustvalge
- sinivalge
- säravvalge
- tohtvalge
- tähevalge
- valuvalge
- õrnvalge
- valge aeg
- valge akaatsia
- Valge Daam
- valge hiinlane
- valge kadedus
- valge kala
- valge karp
- valge kuld
- valge kuusk
- valge kääbus
- valge laev
- valge laik
- valge leht
- valge leib
- valge lepp
- valge liha
- valge liilia
- valge maagia
- Valge Maja
- valge mander
- valge manner
- Valge Meri
- valge müra
- valge nimekiri
- valge pilet
- valge pipar
- valge raamat
- valge riisikas
- valge sõstar
- valge šokolaad
- valge tee
- valge vares
- valge vein
- valge viin
- valged jõulud
Noun
valge (genitive valge, partitive valget)
- The color white, something colored in white.
- Pruut oli üleni valges.
- The bride was dressed in all-white.
- sunlight, illumination
- Perenaine tõusis enne valget ja tegi hommikusöögi valmis.
- The housewife got up at the break of dawn and prepared breakfast.
- Synonym: päevavalgus
- A person having light skin, belonging to the Caucasian race.
- Lõuna-Aafrika valged ― the white people of South Africa
- Synonym: valgenahaline
- A person belonging to the counterrevolutionary White movement during the Russian Civil War.
- Synonym: valgekaartlane
Declension
| Declension of valge (ÕS type 1/ohutu, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | valge | valged | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | valge | ||
| genitive | valgete | ||
| partitive | valget | valgeid | |
| illative | valgesse | valgetesse valgeisse | |
| inessive | valges | valgetes valgeis | |
| elative | valgest | valgetest valgeist | |
| allative | valgele | valgetele valgeile | |
| adessive | valgel | valgetel valgeil | |
| ablative | valgelt | valgetelt valgeilt | |
| translative | valgeks | valgeteks valgeiks | |
| terminative | valgeni | valgeteni | |
| essive | valgena | valgetena | |
| abessive | valgeta | valgeteta | |
| comitative | valgega | valgetega | |
Synonyms
- (sunlight): päevavalgus
- (a person having light skin): valgenahaline
- (a person belonging to the White movement): valgekaartlane
Compounds
See also
References
- valge in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
- “valge”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
Latin
Adjective
(deprecated template usage) valge
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