redel
See also: redeł
Estonian
Noun
redel (genitive redeli, partitive redelit)
Declension
| Declension of redel (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | redel | redelid | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | redeli | ||
| genitive | redelite | ||
| partitive | redelit | redeleid | |
| illative | redelisse | redelitesse redeleisse | |
| inessive | redelis | redelites redeleis | |
| elative | redelist | redelitest redeleist | |
| allative | redelile | redelitele redeleile | |
| adessive | redelil | redelitel redeleil | |
| ablative | redelilt | redelitelt redeleilt | |
| translative | redeliks | redeliteks redeleiks | |
| terminative | redelini | redeliteni | |
| essive | redelina | redelitena | |
| abessive | redelita | redeliteta | |
| comitative | redeliga | redelitega | |
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
A back-formation from redels, interpreted as the plural of a formation from reden (“to read”) + -el (agentive suffix).
Pronunciation
Noun
redel (plural redeles)
- A riddle or enigma; an statement designed to be cryptic.
- Synonym: redels
- (more generally) A puzzle; an intellectual problem.
- Synonym: redels
Descendants
References
- “rēdels, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- “(riddill,) riddil, n.1”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.