"väi" meaning in Estonian

See väi in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From Proto-Finnic *vävü, from Proto-Uralic *wäŋew, cognate with Finnish vävy, Northern Sami vivva, Hungarian vő, and Nganasan биӈи (biŋi). Etymology templates: {{inh|et|urj-fin-pro|*vävü}} Proto-Finnic *vävü, {{inh|et|urj-pro|*wäŋew}} Proto-Uralic *wäŋew, {{cog|fi|vävy}} Finnish vävy, {{cog|se|vivva}} Northern Sami vivva, {{cog|hu|vő}} Hungarian vő, {{cog|nio|биӈи|tr=biŋi}} Nganasan биӈи (biŋi) Head templates: {{head|et|nouns|genitive|väi|||partitive|väid|||cat2=|f1accel-form=gen|s|f1request=1|f2accel-form=gen|s|f3accel-form=par|s|f3request=1|f4accel-form=par|s|head=}} väi (genitive väi, partitive väid), {{et-noun|väi|väid}} väi (genitive väi, partitive väid) Inflection templates: {{et-decl-koi|väi}} Forms: väi [genitive], väid [partitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], väi [nominative, singular], väid [nominative, plural], väi [accusative, nominative, singular], väid [accusative, nominative, plural], väi [accusative, genitive, singular], väid [accusative, genitive, plural], väi [genitive, singular], väide [genitive, plural], väid [partitive, singular], väisid [partitive, plural], väisse [illative, singular], väidesse [illative, plural], väis [inessive, singular], väides [inessive, plural], väist [elative, singular], väidest [elative, plural], väile [allative, singular], väidele [allative, plural], väil [adessive, singular], väidel [adessive, plural], väilt [ablative, singular], väidelt [ablative, plural], väiks [singular, translative], väideks [plural, translative], väini [singular, terminative], väideni [plural, terminative], väina [essive, singular], väidena [essive, plural], väita [abessive, singular], väideta [abessive, plural], väiga [comitative, singular], väidega [comitative, plural]
  1. son-in-law Synonyms: väimees
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "et",
        "2": "urj-fin-pro",
        "3": "*vävü"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Finnic *vävü",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "et",
        "2": "urj-pro",
        "3": "*wäŋew"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Uralic *wäŋew",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "vävy"
      },
      "expansion": "Finnish vävy",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "se",
        "2": "vivva"
      },
      "expansion": "Northern Sami vivva",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hu",
        "2": "vő"
      },
      "expansion": "Hungarian vő",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nio",
        "2": "биӈи",
        "tr": "biŋi"
      },
      "expansion": "Nganasan биӈи (biŋi)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Finnic *vävü, from Proto-Uralic *wäŋew, cognate with Finnish vävy, Northern Sami vivva, Hungarian vő, and Nganasan биӈи (biŋi).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "väi",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "väid",
      "tags": [
        "partitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "et-decl-koi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no gradation",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "26/koi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "väi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "väid",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "väi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "väid",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "väi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "väid",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "väi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "väide",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "väid",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "väisid",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "väisse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "väidesse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "väis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "väides",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "väist",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "väidest",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "väile",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "väidele",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "väil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "väidel",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "väilt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "väidelt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "väiks",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "väideks",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "väini",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "väideni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "väina",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "väidena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "väita",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "väideta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "väiga",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "väidega",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "et",
        "10": "",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "genitive",
        "4": "väi",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "partitive",
        "8": "väid",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f2accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f3accel-form": "par|s",
        "f3request": "1",
        "f4accel-form": "par|s",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "väi (genitive väi, partitive väid)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "väi",
        "2": "väid"
      },
      "expansion": "väi (genitive väi, partitive väid)",
      "name": "et-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "väi"
      },
      "name": "et-decl-koi"
    }
  ],
  "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 koi-type nominals",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Nganasan terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "son-in-law"
      ],
      "id": "en-väi-et-noun-djyWvFSS",
      "links": [
        [
          "son-in-law",
          "son-in-law"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "väimees"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "väi"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "et",
        "2": "urj-fin-pro",
        "3": "*vävü"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Finnic *vävü",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "et",
        "2": "urj-pro",
        "3": "*wäŋew"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Uralic *wäŋew",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "vävy"
      },
      "expansion": "Finnish vävy",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "se",
        "2": "vivva"
      },
      "expansion": "Northern Sami vivva",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hu",
        "2": "vő"
      },
      "expansion": "Hungarian vő",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nio",
        "2": "биӈи",
        "tr": "biŋi"
      },
      "expansion": "Nganasan биӈи (biŋi)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Finnic *vävü, from Proto-Uralic *wäŋew, cognate with Finnish vävy, Northern Sami vivva, Hungarian vő, and Nganasan биӈи (biŋi).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "väi",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "väid",
      "tags": [
        "partitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "et-decl-koi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no gradation",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "26/koi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "väi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "väid",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "väi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "väid",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "väi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "väid",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "väi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "väide",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "väid",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "väisid",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "väisse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "väidesse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "väis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "väides",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "väist",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "väidest",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "väile",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "väidele",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "väil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "väidel",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "väilt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "väidelt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "väiks",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "väideks",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "väini",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "väideni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "väina",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "väidena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "väita",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "väideta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "väiga",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "väidega",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "et",
        "10": "",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "genitive",
        "4": "väi",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "partitive",
        "8": "väid",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f2accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f3accel-form": "par|s",
        "f3request": "1",
        "f4accel-form": "par|s",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "väi (genitive väi, partitive väid)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "väi",
        "2": "väid"
      },
      "expansion": "väi (genitive väi, partitive väid)",
      "name": "et-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "väi"
      },
      "name": "et-decl-koi"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Estonian",
  "lang_code": "et",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Estonian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Estonian koi-type nominals",
        "Estonian lemmas",
        "Estonian nouns",
        "Estonian terms derived from Proto-Finnic",
        "Estonian terms derived from Proto-Uralic",
        "Estonian terms inherited from Proto-Finnic",
        "Estonian terms inherited from Proto-Uralic",
        "Nganasan terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "son-in-law"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "son-in-law",
          "son-in-law"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "väimees"
    }
  ],
  "word": "väi"
}

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