iroonia

Estonian

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek εἰρωνεία (eirōneía). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /irˈoːniɑ/

Noun

iroonia (genitive iroonia, partitive irooniat)

  1. irony

Declension

Declension of iroonia (ÕS type 1/ohutu, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative iroonia irooniad
accusative nom.
gen. iroonia
genitive irooniate
partitive irooniat irooniaid
illative irooniasse irooniatesse
irooniaisse
inessive iroonias irooniates
irooniais
elative irooniast irooniatest
irooniaist
allative irooniale irooniatele
irooniaile
adessive iroonial irooniatel
irooniail
ablative iroonialt irooniatelt
irooniailt
translative irooniaks irooniateks
irooniaiks
terminative irooniani irooniateni
essive irooniana irooniatena
abessive irooniata irooniateta
comitative irooniaga irooniatega

Further reading

  • iroonia”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • iroonia”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
  • iroonia in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
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