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ilmalik

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Estonian

Alternative forms

  • ilmlik

Etymology

ilm +‎ -lik

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈilmɑlik/, [ˈilmɑˌlʲikˑ]
  • Rhymes: -ik
  • Hyphenation: il‧ma‧lik

Adjective

ilmalik (genitive ilmaliku, partitive ilmalikku, comparative ilmalikum, superlative kõige ilmalikum)

  1. secular, worldly (not connected with religion or church, not following the word of God or church traditions)
    Synonyms: mittekiriklik, sekulaarne
    • 1926-1933, Anton Hansen Tammsaare, chapter XXVII, in Tõde ja õigus (Truth and Justice)‎, page 230:
      Aga siis sündis väga imelik asi, mis sünnib väga sagedasti ilmalikkude asjadega, kui jumalamehed oma käe nende külge pistavad: mida rohkem köster lepitas, seda rohkem mehed marru läksid, nagu oleksid isamaalised asjad omakasulised äriasjad või nagu oleksid nad ainult selleks jumalast maailma loodud, et üksteist isiklikult tõrvata ja haavata.
      But then a very strange thing happened, which happens very often in worldly affairs, when men of God put their hand into them: the more the pastor conciliated, the more the men became enraged, as if patriotic affairs were self-interested business affairs, or as if they had been created by God into the world only for this purpose to defame and hurt each other personally.

Declension

More information Declension of (ÕS type 25/õnnelik, length gradation), singular ...

References

  • ilmalik in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • “ilmalik”, 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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