hiis
Estonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *hiici. Cognate with Finnish Finnish hiisi and Livvi hiiži (“devil”). The original meaning in Proto-Finnic was most likely "burial ground". Possibly a loan from Proto-Germanic *χīđiz (“den, thicket”) or *sīdǭ (“side”).
Noun
hiis (genitive hiie, partitive hiit)
- sacred grove
- a pagan holy place (usually a forest)
Declension
Inflection of hiis (ÕS type 14/uus, d/t-ø-s gradation)
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | hiis | hiied |
accusative | hiie | hiied |
genitive | hiie | hiite |
partitive | hiit | hiisi |
illative | hiide hiiesse | hiitesse hiisisse |
inessive | hiies | hiites hiisis |
elative | hiiest | hiitest hiisist |
allative | hiiele | hiitele hiisile |
adessive | hiiel | hiitel hiisil |
ablative | hiielt | hiitelt hiisilt |
translative | hiieks | hiiteks hiisiks |
terminative | hiieni | hiiteni |
essive | hiiena | hiitena |
abessive | hiieta | hiiteta |
comitative | hiiega | hiitega |
Derived terms
- hiigel-
- hiid