leevike

Estonian

Etymology

From a variant of the root lõo (“lark”) +‎ -ke.

Noun

leevike (genitive leevikese, partitive leevikest)

1. bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)

   Synonyms: leevikene, paap, punnpaabu, tombak

Declension

Declension of leevike (ÕS type 12/oluline, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		leevike	leevikesed
accusative	nom.
	gen.	leevikese
genitive			leevikeste
partitive		leevikest	leevikesi
illative		leevikesse leevikesesse	leevikestesse leevikesisse
inessive		leevikeses	leevikestes leevikesis
elative		leevikesest	leevikestest leevikesist
allative		leevikesele	leevikestele leevikesile
adessive		leevikesel	leevikestel leevikesil
ablative		leevikeselt	leevikestelt leevikesilt
translative		leevikeseks	leevikesteks leevikesiks
terminative		leevikeseni	leevikesteni
essive		leevikesena	leevikestena
abessive		leevikeseta	leevikesteta
comitative		leevikesega	leevikestega

Further reading

• leevike in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “leevike”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• “leevike”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012