vedur

vedur

Estonian

Etymology

From vedama (to pull) +‎ -r. Calque of Finnish veturi coined by newspaper Sakala in 1889.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈved̥ur/, [ˈved̥ur]
  • Rhymes: -edur
  • Hyphenation: ve‧dur

Noun

vedur (genitive veduri, partitive vedurit)

  1. locomotive
    Synonyms: (archaic) lokomotiiv, (archaic) paravoss

Declension

Declension of vedur (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative vedur vedurid
accusative nom.
gen. veduri
genitive vedurite
partitive vedurit vedureid
illative vedurisse veduritesse
vedureisse
inessive veduris vedurites
vedureis
elative vedurist veduritest
vedureist
allative vedurile veduritele
vedureile
adessive veduril veduritel
vedureil
ablative vedurilt veduritelt
vedureilt
translative veduriks veduriteks
vedureiks
terminative vedurini veduriteni
essive vedurina veduritena
abessive vedurita veduriteta
comitative veduriga veduritega

Compounds

  • auruvedur
  • diiselvedur
  • elektrivedur
  • gasiturbiinvedur
  • kaevandusvedur
  • kaubavedur
  • magistraalvedur
  • majandusvedur
  • manöövervedur
  • manöövrivedur
  • mootorvedur
  • reisivedur
  • suruõhuvedur
  • tööstusvedur
  • veduribrigaad
  • veduridepoo
  • vedurijuhiabi
  • vedurijuhiluba
  • vedurijuht
  • vedurimees
  • vedurimeeskond
  • veduripark
  • veduriremonditehas
  • vedurisuits
  • veduriteenus
  • veduritehas
  • vedurivile

Further reading

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