palk — illustration of salary

palk

[ˈpɑlk]

salary, wage, pay

Forms

Forms
CaseSingularPlural
Nominativepalkpalgad
Genitivepalgapalkade
Partitivepalkapalku
Illativepalgassepalkadesse
Inessivepalgaspalkades
Elativepalgastpalkadest
Allativepalgalepalkadele
Adessivepalgalpalkadel
Ablativepalgaltpalkadelt
Translativepalgakspalkadeks
Terminativepalganipalkadeni
Essivepalganapalkadena
Abessivepalgatapalkadeta
Comitativepalgagapalkadega

Examples

Palk laekub minu kontole reedel.

My salary is paid into my account on Friday.

Ta otsib parema palgaga tööd.

She is looking for a better-paid job.

Common combinations

kuupalk

monthly salary

palka saama

to receive a salary

Related words

In Estonian

Töö eest korrapäraselt makstav raha

Definitions, examples and word forms are partly based on the EKI Combined Dictionary (Eesti Keele Instituut, Sõnaveeb), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Dictio has edited and added to them. Sources and licenses

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