neiu
Estonian
Neiud
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *näitoi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnei̯u/
- Rhymes: -eiu
- Hyphenation: nei‧u
Noun
neiu (genitive neiu, partitive neiut)
- a young unmarried woman, a teenager, or a slightly older girl
- õhtusöögi ajal istus tema lauda kena punapäine neiu
- at dinner, a nice red-headed girl sat at her desk
- 19-aastane neiu
- a 19-year-old girl
- mustlasneiu
- a gypsy girl
- Synonyms: neid, neidis, neitsik, näitsik
- õhtusöögi ajal istus tema lauda kena punapäine neiu
- a young female representative of a particular field of work
- sekretärineiu
- a (young female) secretary
- müüjaneiu
- saleswoman
- sekretärineiu
- (colloquial) addressing a young female
- neiu, palun öelge, millal läheb Tartusse viimane buss?
- girl, please tell me, when will the last bus go to Tartu?
- neiu, palun öelge, millal läheb Tartusse viimane buss?
Declension
Declension of neiu (type pere)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | neiu | neiud |
| genitive | neiu | neiude |
| partitive | neiut | neiusid |
| illative | neiusse | neiudesse |
| inessive | neius | neiudes |
| elative | neiust | neiudest |
| allative | neiule | neiudele |
| adessive | neiul | neiudel |
| ablative | neiult | neiudelt |
| translative | neiuks | neiudeks |
| terminative | neiuni | neiudeni |
| essive | neiuna | neiudena |
| abessive | neiuta | neiudeta |
| comitative | neiuga | neiudega |
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