metsis

Estonian

Etymology

From mets +‎ -is. Compare Finnish metso and Ingrian metsoi. Alternatively a derivation from mõtus, reanalysed as a derivation of mets.

Noun

metsis (genitive metsise, partitive metsist)

1. capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus)

Declension

Declension of metsis (ÕS type 9/katus, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		metsis	metsised
accusative	nom.
	gen.	metsise
genitive			metsiste
partitive		metsist	metsiseid
illative		metsisesse	metsistesse metsiseisse
inessive		metsises	metsistes metsiseis
elative		metsisest	metsistest metsiseist
allative		metsisele	metsistele metsiseile
adessive		metsisel	metsistel metsiseil
ablative		metsiselt	metsistelt metsiseilt
translative		metsiseks	metsisteks metsiseiks
terminative		metsiseni	metsisteni
essive		metsisena	metsistena
abessive		metsiseta	metsisteta
comitative		metsisega	metsistega

Synonyms

• mõtus