pidu

See also: Pidu

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *pito. Equivalent to pidama +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpid̥u/, [ˈpid̥u]
• Rhymes: -idu
• Hyphenation: pi‧du

Noun

pidu (genitive peo or pidu, partitive pidu)

1. party, celebration (social gathering, usually with food, drinks and entertainment)

Declension

Declension of pidu (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		pidu	pidud
accusative	nom.
	gen.	pidu
genitive			pidude
partitive		pidu	pidusid
illative		pittu pidusse	pidudesse
inessive		pidus	pidudes
elative		pidust	pidudest
allative		pidule	pidudele
adessive		pidul	pidudel
ablative		pidult	pidudelt
translative		piduks	pidudeks
terminative		piduni	pidudeni
essive		piduna	pidudena
abessive		piduta	pidudeta
comitative		piduga	pidudega

Declension of pidu (type nägu)

	singular	plural
nominative	pidu	peod
genitive	peo	pidude
partitive	pidu	pidusid
illative	pittu / peosse	pidudesse
inessive	peos	pidudes
elative	peost	pidudest
allative	peole	pidudele
adessive	peol	pidudel
ablative	peolt	pidudelt
translative	peoks	pidudeks
terminative	peoni	pidudeni
essive	peona	pidudena
abessive	peota	pidudeta
comitative	peoga	pidudega

References

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