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.

Noun

pilv (genitive pilve, partitive pilve)

1. cloud

Declension

Declension of pilv (ÕS type 22i/külm, length gradation)

	singular	plural
nominative	pilv	pilved
accusative	pilve	pilved
genitive	pilve	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
Notes	1) The long illative singular form with -sse is rarely used for this declension type.

Derived terms

• pilvine (“cloudy”)