teene

See also: -teene and tę̀ʼéne

Estonian

Etymology

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Noun

teene (genitive teene, partitive teenet)

  1. merit (something deserving or worthy of positive recognition or reward)
  2. service (an act of being of assistance to someone)
  3. 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
Declension of teene (ÕS type 6/mõte, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative teene teened
accusative nom.
gen. teene
genitive 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 [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
  • “teene”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • “teene”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
  • teene in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
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