vikat

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Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vik'at'ëh, possibly from Proto-Balto-Slavic *vikapteš, derived from the same verb as izkapts. Cognates include Finnish viikate, Karelian viikateh, Livonian vikārt, Ludian vikateh, Votic vikahtõ, (Mati) vikastõ, Veps vikateh and Ingrian viigade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvikɑt/, [ˈvikˑɑtˑ]
• Rhymes: -ikɑt
• Hyphenation: vi‧kat

Noun

vikat (genitive vikati, partitive vikatit)

1. scythe
   1. A longstemmed tool for manually mowing grass and hay.

      Näiteks vikati kandmine õlal on äikese ajal eluohtlik.

      For example, carrying a scythe on your shoulder during a thunderstorm is life-threatening.

Declension

Declension of vikat (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		vikat	vikatid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	vikati
genitive			vikatite
partitive		vikatit	vikateid
illative		vikatisse	vikatitesse vikateisse
inessive		vikatis	vikatites vikateis
elative		vikatist	vikatitest vikateist
allative		vikatile	vikatitele vikateile
adessive		vikatil	vikatitel vikateil
ablative		vikatilt	vikatitelt vikateilt
translative		vikatiks	vikatiteks vikateiks
terminative		vikatini	vikatiteni
essive		vikatina	vikatitena
abessive		vikatita	vikatiteta
comitative		vikatiga	vikatitega

Derived terms

• vikatimees
• vikativars

See also

• sirp

References

• vikat in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Finnish

Adjective

vikat

1. nominative plural of vika

Anagrams

• kivat, vitka