umbtee

Estonian

Etymology

From Finnish umpitie, coined by Estonian poet Villem Grünthal-Ridala in 1922.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈumb̥ˌteː/, [ˈumb̥ˌteː]
• Rhymes: -eː
• Hyphenation: umb‧tee

Noun

umbtee (genitive umbtee, partitive umbteed)

1. blind alley, cul-de-sac, dead end (a road with no way out at the other end)

Declension

Declension of umbtee (ÕS type 26i/idee, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		umbtee	umbteed
accusative	nom.
	gen.	umbtee
genitive			umbteede
partitive		umbteed	umbteid umbteesid
illative		umbteesse	umbteedesse umbteisse
inessive		umbtees	umbteedes umbteis
elative		umbteest	umbteedest umbteist
allative		umbteele	umbteedele umbteile
adessive		umbteel	umbteedel umbteil
ablative		umbteelt	umbteedelt umbteilt
translative		umbteeks	umbteedeks umbteiks
terminative		umbteeni	umbteedeni
essive		umbteena	umbteedena
abessive		umbteeta	umbteedeta
comitative		umbteega	umbteedega

References

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