maasikas

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *mancik'as. Cognate to Finnish mansikka, Karelian mandžoi and Veps manźikäińe. Possibly derived from mander (continent). Compare German Erdbeere and Latvian zemene, both from their respective words for earth.

Noun

maasikas (genitive maasika, partitive maasikat)

  1. strawberry
  2. (colloquial) love bite, hickey

Declension

Declension of maasikas (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative maasikas maasikad
accusative nom.
gen. maasika
genitive maasikate
partitive maasikat maasikaid
illative maasikasse maasikatesse
maasikaisse
inessive maasikas maasikates
maasikais
elative maasikast maasikatest
maasikaist
allative maasikale maasikatele
maasikaile
adessive maasikal maasikatel
maasikail
ablative maasikalt maasikatelt
maasikailt
translative maasikaks maasikateks
maasikaiks
terminative maasikani maasikateni
essive maasikana maasikatena
abessive maasikata maasikateta
comitative maasikaga maasikatega
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