rähn

See also: rahn

Estonian

Etymology

Cognate to Finnish rähni, röhni, rähmi. Most likely metathesised from Proto-Finnic *närhi; compare the -näär in pasknäär (“jay”). Possibly a variant of the dialectal hähn. Compare Livonian ē'ņ, ē'ņõz, and dialectal Finnish hähnä.

Noun

rähn (genitive rähni, partitive rähni)

woodpecker

Declension

Declension of rähn (type riik)

	singular	plural
nominative	rähn	rähnid
genitive	rähni	rähnide
partitive	rähni	rähne / rähnisid
illative	rähni / rähnisse	rähnidesse
inessive	rähnis	rähnides
elative	rähnist	rähnidest
allative	rähnile	rähnidele
adessive	rähnil	rähnidel
ablative	rähnilt	rähnidelt
translative	rähniks	rähnideks
terminative	rähnini	rähnideni
essive	rähnina	rähnidena
abessive	rähnita	rähnideta
comitative	rähniga	rähnidega