perenaine — illustration of hostess

perenaine

[ˈpereˌnɑine]

hostess, lady of the house

Forms

Forms
CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeperenaineperenaised
Genitiveperenaiseperenaiste
Partitiveperenaistperenaisi
Illativeperenaisesseperenaistesse
Inessiveperenaisesperenaistes
Elativeperenaisestperenaistest
Allativeperenaiseleperenaistele
Adessiveperenaiselperenaistel
Ablativeperenaiseltperenaistelt
Translativeperenaiseksperenaisteks
Terminativeperenaiseniperenaisteni
Essiveperenaisenaperenaistena
Abessiveperenaisetaperenaisteta
Comitativeperenaisegaperenaistega

Examples

Perenaine küpsetas kooki.

The hostess baked a cake.

Ta on hea perenaine.

She is a good housewife.

Common combinations

külalislahke perenaine

hospitable hostess

maja perenaine

lady of the house

Related words

In Estonian

naissoost võõrustaja või kodu ja majapidamise eest hoolitseja

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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