eriväed

Estonian

Etymology

From eri (“special”) +‎ vägi (“force”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈeriˌvæe̯d̥/, [ˈeriˌvæe̯d̥]
  • Rhymes: -æed
  • Hyphenation: e‧ri‧väed

Noun

eriväed (genitive erivägede, partitive erivägesid) (plural only)

  1. special forces
    Synonym: eriüksus

Declension
Declension of eriväed (ÕS type 21/jõgi, g-ø gradation)
singular plural
nominative — eriväed
accusative nom.
gen. —
genitive erivägede
partitive — erivägesid
illative — erivägedesse
inessive — erivägedes
elative — erivägedest
allative — erivägedele
adessive — erivägedel
ablative — erivägedelt
translative — erivägedeks
terminative — erivägedeni
essive — erivägedena
abessive — erivägedeta
comitative — erivägedega

References
  • eriväed in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • “eriväed”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
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