niit

Estonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old East Slavic нить (nitĭ), cf. Russian нить (nitʹ).

Noun

niit (genitive niidi, partitive niiti)

  1. thread

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References
  • Raimo Raag. (2015), A Criterion for Old Age, section “Word stems in modern standard Estonian of Old East Slavic origin”, in Книгамъ бо есть неищетная глубина: Essays in Honour of Irina Lysén.
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