"leek" meaning in Estonian

See leek in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From Proto-Finnic *leekki, cognate to Finnish liekki and Karelian liekki. Possibly the same root as in Votic lõõkkua (“to move, to sway”) and Finnish liekkua. Etymology templates: {{inh|et|urj-fin-pro|*leekki}} Proto-Finnic *leekki, {{cog|fi|liekki}} Finnish liekki, {{cog|krl|liekki}} Karelian liekki, {{cog|vot|lõõkkua||to move, to sway}} Votic lõõkkua (“to move, to sway”), {{cog|fi|liekkua}} Finnish liekkua Head templates: {{head|et|nouns|genitive|leegi|||partitive|leeki|||cat2=|f1accel-form=gen|s|f1request=1|f2accel-form=gen|s|f3accel-form=par|s|f3request=1|f4accel-form=par|s|head=}} leek (genitive leegi, partitive leeki), {{et-noun|leegi|leeki}} leek (genitive leegi, partitive leeki) Inflection templates: {{et-decl-riik|lee|k|g|i}} Forms: leegi [genitive], leeki [partitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], leek [nominative, singular], leegid [nominative, plural], leek [accusative, nominative, singular], leegid [accusative, nominative, plural], leegi [accusative, genitive, singular], leegid [accusative, genitive, plural], leegi [genitive, singular], leekide [genitive, plural], leeki [partitive, singular], leeke [partitive, plural], leekisid [partitive, plural], leeki [illative, singular], leegisse [illative, singular], leekidesse [illative, plural], leegesse [illative, plural], leegis [inessive, singular], leekides [inessive, plural], leeges [inessive, plural], leegist [elative, singular], leekidest [elative, plural], leegest [elative, plural], leegile [allative, singular], leekidele [allative, plural], leegele [allative, plural], leegil [adessive, singular], leekidel [adessive, plural], leegel [adessive, plural], leegilt [ablative, singular], leekidelt [ablative, plural], leegelt [ablative, plural], leegiks [singular, translative], leekideks [plural, translative], leegeks [plural, translative], leegini [singular, terminative], leekideni [plural, terminative], leegina [essive, singular], leekidena [essive, plural], leegita [abessive, singular], leekideta [abessive, plural], leegiga [comitative, singular], leekidega [comitative, plural]
  1. blaze, flame, fire Derived forms: leegiheitja

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "et",
        "2": "urj-fin-pro",
        "3": "*leekki"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Finnic *leekki",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "liekki"
      },
      "expansion": "Finnish liekki",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "krl",
        "2": "liekki"
      },
      "expansion": "Karelian liekki",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vot",
        "2": "lõõkkua",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to move, to sway"
      },
      "expansion": "Votic lõõkkua (“to move, to sway”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "liekkua"
      },
      "expansion": "Finnish liekkua",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Finnic *leekki, cognate to Finnish liekki and Karelian liekki. Possibly the same root as in Votic lõõkkua (“to move, to sway”) and Finnish liekkua.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "leegi",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leeki",
      "tags": [
        "partitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "et-decl-riik",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "k-g gradation",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "22e/riik",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leek",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leegid",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leek",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leegid",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leegi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leegid",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leegi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leekide",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leeki",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leeke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leekisid",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leeki",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leegisse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leekidesse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leegesse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leegis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leekides",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leeges",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leegist",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leekidest",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leegest",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leegile",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leekidele",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leegele",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leegil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leekidel",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leegel",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leegilt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leekidelt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leegelt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leegiks",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leekideks",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leegeks",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leegini",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leekideni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leegina",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leekidena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leegita",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leekideta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leegiga",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leekidega",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "et",
        "10": "",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "genitive",
        "4": "leegi",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "partitive",
        "8": "leeki",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f2accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f3accel-form": "par|s",
        "f3request": "1",
        "f4accel-form": "par|s",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "leek (genitive leegi, partitive leeki)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "leegi",
        "2": "leeki"
      },
      "expansion": "leek (genitive leegi, partitive leeki)",
      "name": "et-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lee",
        "2": "k",
        "3": "g",
        "4": "i"
      },
      "name": "et-decl-riik"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Estonian",
  "lang_code": "et",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Estonian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Estonian riik-type nominals",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "leegiheitja"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              22,
              28
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              13,
              21
            ]
          ],
          "english": "My apartment is up in flames.",
          "text": "Mu korter on leekides.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "blaze, flame, fire"
      ],
      "id": "en-leek-et-noun-XAZIHEVv",
      "links": [
        [
          "blaze",
          "blaze"
        ],
        [
          "flame",
          "flame"
        ],
        [
          "fire",
          "fire"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "leek"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "leegiheitja"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "et",
        "2": "urj-fin-pro",
        "3": "*leekki"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Finnic *leekki",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "liekki"
      },
      "expansion": "Finnish liekki",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "krl",
        "2": "liekki"
      },
      "expansion": "Karelian liekki",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vot",
        "2": "lõõkkua",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to move, to sway"
      },
      "expansion": "Votic lõõkkua (“to move, to sway”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "liekkua"
      },
      "expansion": "Finnish liekkua",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Finnic *leekki, cognate to Finnish liekki and Karelian liekki. Possibly the same root as in Votic lõõkkua (“to move, to sway”) and Finnish liekkua.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "leegi",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leeki",
      "tags": [
        "partitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "et-decl-riik",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "k-g gradation",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "22e/riik",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leek",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leegid",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leek",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leegid",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leegi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leegid",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leegi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leekide",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leeki",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leeke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leekisid",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leeki",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leegisse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leekidesse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leegesse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leegis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leekides",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leeges",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leegist",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leekidest",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leegest",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leegile",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leekidele",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leegele",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leegil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leekidel",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leegel",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leegilt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leekidelt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leegelt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leegiks",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leekideks",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leegeks",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leegini",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leekideni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leegina",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leekidena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leegita",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leekideta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leegiga",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leekidega",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "et",
        "10": "",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "genitive",
        "4": "leegi",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "partitive",
        "8": "leeki",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f2accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f3accel-form": "par|s",
        "f3request": "1",
        "f4accel-form": "par|s",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "leek (genitive leegi, partitive leeki)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "leegi",
        "2": "leeki"
      },
      "expansion": "leek (genitive leegi, partitive leeki)",
      "name": "et-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lee",
        "2": "k",
        "3": "g",
        "4": "i"
      },
      "name": "et-decl-riik"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Estonian",
  "lang_code": "et",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Estonian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Estonian lemmas",
        "Estonian nouns",
        "Estonian riik-type nominals",
        "Estonian terms derived from Proto-Finnic",
        "Estonian terms inherited from Proto-Finnic",
        "Estonian terms with usage examples",
        "Pages with 4 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              22,
              28
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              13,
              21
            ]
          ],
          "english": "My apartment is up in flames.",
          "text": "Mu korter on leekides.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "blaze, flame, fire"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "blaze",
          "blaze"
        ],
        [
          "flame",
          "flame"
        ],
        [
          "fire",
          "fire"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "leek"
}

Download raw JSONL data for leek meaning in Estonian (5.6kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Estonian dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (5ee713e and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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