vimm

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic. Cognate with Finnish vimma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvimː/, [ˈvimː]

Noun

vimm (genitive vimma, partitive vimma)

1. grudge, enmity, rancor

   Tal on minu vastu vana vimm

   S/he has an old grudge against me.

Declension

Declension of vimm (ÕS type 22i/külm, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		vimm	vimmad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	vimma
genitive			vimmade
partitive		vimma	vimmi vimmasid
illative		vimma vimmasse	vimmadesse vimmisse
inessive		vimmas	vimmades vimmis
elative		vimmast	vimmadest vimmist
allative		vimmale	vimmadele vimmile
adessive		vimmal	vimmadel vimmil
ablative		vimmalt	vimmadelt vimmilt
translative		vimmaks	vimmadeks vimmiks
terminative		vimmani	vimmadeni
essive		vimmana	vimmadena
abessive		vimmata	vimmadeta
comitative		vimmaga	vimmadega

Further reading

• “vimm”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• “vimm”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
• vimm in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)