vasar

See also: vásár and vašar

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vasara, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáȷ́ras. Cognates include Persian گرز (gorz, “club, mace”) and Sanskrit वज्र (vájra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɑsɑr/, [ˈvɑsɑr]

Noun

vasar (genitive vasara, partitive vasarat)

1. (tool) hammer
2. (anatomy) malleus, hammer

Declension

Declension of vasar (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		vasar	vasarad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	vasara
genitive			vasarate
partitive		vasarat	vasaraid
illative		vasarasse	vasaratesse vasaraisse
inessive		vasaras	vasarates vasarais
elative		vasarast	vasaratest vasaraist
allative		vasarale	vasaratele vasaraile
adessive		vasaral	vasaratel vasarail
ablative		vasaralt	vasaratelt vasarailt
translative		vasaraks	vasarateks vasaraiks
terminative		vasarani	vasarateni
essive		vasarana	vasaratena
abessive		vasarata	vasarateta
comitative		vasaraga	vasaratega

Further reading

• “vasar”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• “vasar”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
• vasar in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

vasar m

1. indefinite plural of vase

Swedish

Noun

vasar

1. indefinite plural of vase