teene
See also: -teene
Estonian
Etymology
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Noun
teene (genitive teene, partitive teenet)
- merit (something deserving or worthy of positive recognition or reward)
- service (an act of being of assistance to someone)
- favour (UK), favor (US) (a kind or helpful deed; an instance of voluntarily assisting)
- Kas sa saaksid mulle teene teha? ― Could you do me a favour?
Declension
Inflection of teene (ÕS type 6/mõte, length gradation)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | teene | teened |
| accusative | teene | teened |
| genitive | teene | teenete |
| partitive | teenet | teeneid |
| illative | teenesse | teenetesse teeneisse |
| inessive | teenes | teenetes teeneis |
| elative | teenest | teenetest teeneist |
| allative | teenele | teenetele teeneile |
| adessive | teenel | teenetel teeneil |
| ablative | teenelt | teenetelt teeneilt |
| translative | teeneks | teeneteks teeneiks |
| terminative | teeneni | teeneteni |
| essive | teenena | teenetena |
| abessive | teeneta | teeneteta |
| comitative | teenega | teenetega |
Further reading
- teene in Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik
- teene in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat
- teene in Raadik, M., editor (2018), Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, →ISBN
- teene in Sõnaveeb