huligaan

Estonian

Etymology

Borrowed from English hooligan (probably via Russian хулиган (xuligan)), from an Irish surname.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /huliˈɡ̊ɑːn/, [hulʲiˈɡ̊ɑːn]

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• Rhymes: -ɑːn
• Hyphenation: hu‧li‧gaan

Noun

huligaan (genitive huligaani, partitive huligaani)

1. hooligan

Declension

Declension of huligaan (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		huligaan	huligaanid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	huligaani
genitive			huligaanide
partitive		huligaani	huligaane huligaanisid
illative		huligaani huligaanisse	huligaanidesse huligaanesse
inessive		huligaanis	huligaanides huligaanes
elative		huligaanist	huligaanidest huligaanest
allative		huligaanile	huligaanidele huligaanele
adessive		huligaanil	huligaanidel huligaanel
ablative		huligaanilt	huligaanidelt huligaanelt
translative		huligaaniks	huligaanideks huligaaneks
terminative		huligaanini	huligaanideni
essive		huligaanina	huligaanidena
abessive		huligaanita	huligaanideta
comitative		huligaaniga	huligaanidega

Derived terms

• huligaanitsema
• huligaanne

 

Compounds

• liiklushuligaan
• pisihuligaan
• psühhohuligaan

 

References

• huligaan in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “huligaan”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009