deemon

Estonian

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd̥eːmon/, [ˈd̥eːmon]
• Rhymes: -eːmon
• Hyphenation: dee‧mon

Noun

deemon (genitive deemoni, partitive deemonit)

1. (mythology, religion) demon

Declension

Declension of deemon (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		deemon	deemonid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	deemoni
genitive			deemonite
partitive		deemonit	deemoneid
illative		deemonisse	deemonitesse deemoneisse
inessive		deemonis	deemonites deemoneis
elative		deemonist	deemonitest deemoneist
allative		deemonile	deemonitele deemoneile
adessive		deemonil	deemonitel deemoneil
ablative		deemonilt	deemonitelt deemoneilt
translative		deemoniks	deemoniteks deemoneiks
terminative		deemonini	deemoniteni
essive		deemonina	deemonitena
abessive		deemonita	deemoniteta
comitative		deemoniga	deemonitega

Derived terms

• kakodeemon

 

References

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