arvelaud

Estonian

Etymology

arve (“account, bill, score”) +‎ laud (“board, table”), calque of German Rechenbrett.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɑrveˌlɑu̯d̥/, [ˈɑrveˌlɑu̯d̥]
  • Rhymes: -ɑu̯d̥
  • Hyphenation: ar‧ve‧laud

Noun

arvelaud (genitive arvelaua, partitive arvelauda)

  1. abacus (calculating frame)

Declension
Declension of arvelaud (ÕS type 22u/leib, d-ø gradation)
singular plural
nominative arvelaud arvelauad
genitive arvelaua arvelaudade
partitive arvelauda arvelaudu
arvelaudasid
illative arvelauda
arvelauasse		 arvelaudadesse
arvelauusse
inessive arvelauas arvelaudades
arvelauus
elative arvelauast arvelaudadest
arvelauust
allative arvelauale arvelaudadele
arvelauule
adessive arvelaual arvelaudadel
arvelauul
ablative arvelaualt arvelaudadelt
arvelauult
translative arvelauaks arvelaudadeks
arvelauuks
terminative arvelauani arvelaudadeni
essive arvelauana arvelaudadena
abessive arvelauata arvelaudadeta
comitative arvelauaga arvelaudadega
Notes

    1) The long illative singular form with -sse is rarely used for this declension type.

References
  • arvelaud in Sõnaveeb
  • M. Langemets, M. Tiits, T. Valdre, L. Veskis, Ü. Viks, P. Voll, editors (2009), “arvelaud”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language]‎ (online dictionary, in Estonian), 2nd edition, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation)
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