vaidlema
Estonian
Etymology
From Proto-Baltic. Compare Latvian vaids (“problem”) and Lithuanian vaidas (“argument, quarrel”). Cognate to´dialectal Finnish vaidella (“to ask, to want”) and Northern Sami váidit (“to complain”).
Verb
vaidlema (da-infinitive vaielda)
- to argue
- to debate
Inflection
Inflection of vaidlema (ÕS type 30/vaidlema, d-ø gradation)
| indicative | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present | perfect | ||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative |
| 1st sing. | vaidlen | ei vaidle | 1st sing. | olen vaielnud | ei ole vaielnud pole vaielnud |
| 2nd sing. | vaidled | 2nd sing. | oled vaielnud | ||
| 3rd sing. | vaidleb | 3rd sing. | on vaielnud | ||
| 1st plur. | vaidleme | 1st plur. | oleme vaielnud | ||
| 2nd plur. | vaidlete | 2nd plur. | olete vaielnud | ||
| 3rd plur. | vaidlevad | 3rd plur. | on vaielnud | ||
| passive | vaieldakse | ei vaielda | passive | on vaieldud | ei ole vaieldud pole vaieldud |
| past | pluperfect | ||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative |
| 1st sing. | vaidlesin | ei vaielnud | 1st sing. | olin vaielnud | ei olnud vaielnud polnud vaielnud |
| 2nd sing. | vaidlesid | 2nd sing. | olid vaielnud | ||
| 3rd sing. | vaidles | 3rd sing. | oli vaielnud | ||
| 1st plur. | vaidlesime | 1st plur. | olime vaielnud | ||
| 2nd plur. | vaidlesite | 2nd plur. | olite vaielnud | ||
| 3rd plur. | vaidlesid | 3rd plur. | oli vaielnud | ||
| passive | vaieldi | ei vaieldud | passive | oli vaieldud | ei olnud vaieldud polnud vaieldud |
| conditional | |||||
| present | perfect | ||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative |
| 1st sing. | vaidleksin | ei vaidleks | 1st sing. | oleksin vaielnud | ei oleks vaielnud poleks vaielnud |
| 2nd sing. | vaidleksid | 2nd sing. | oleksid vaielnud | ||
| 3rd sing. | vaidleks | 3rd sing. | oleks vaielnud | ||
| 1st plur. | vaidleksime | 1st plur. | oleksime vaielnud | ||
| 2nd plur. | vaidleksite | 2nd plur. | oleksite vaielnud | ||
| 3rd plur. | vaidleksid | 3rd plur. | oleksid vaielnud | ||
| passive | vaieldaks | ei vaieldaks | passive | oleks vaieldud | ei oleks vaieldud poleks vaieldud |
| imperative | |||||
| present | perfect | ||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — |
| 2nd sing. | vaidle | ära vaidle | 2nd sing. | — | — |
| 3rd sing. | vaielgu | ärgu vaielgu | 3rd sing. | olgu vaielnud | ärgu olgu vaielnud |
| 1st plur. | vaielgem | ärgem vaielgem | 1st plur. | — | — |
| 2nd plur. | vaielge | ärge vaielge | 2nd plur. | — | — |
| 3rd plur. | vaielgu | ärgu vaielgu | 3rd plur. | olgu vaielnud | ärgu olgu vaielnud |
| passive | vaieldagu | ärgu vaieldagu | passive | olgu vaieldud | ärgu olgu vaieldud |
| quotative | |||||
| present | perfect | ||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative |
| active | vaidlevat | ei vaidlevat | active | olevat vaielnud | ei olevat vaielnud polevat vaielnud |
| passive | vaieldavat | ei vaieldavat | passive | olevat vaieldud | ei olevat vaieldud polevat vaieldud |
| Nominal forms | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ma-infinitive | da-infinitive | ||||||||
| active | passive | da-form | vaielda | ||||||
| nominative | vaidlema | vaieldama | des-form | vaieldes | |||||
| inessive | vaidlemas | — | participle | ||||||
| elative | vaidlemast | — | active | passive | |||||
| translative | vaidlemaks | — | present | vaidlev | vaieldav | ||||
| abessive | vaidlemata | — | past | vaielnud | vaieldud | ||||