vaidlema

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Estonian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *vaidëldak, from Proto-Baltic. Irregular stem vaiel- in forms like the da-infinitive result from regular phonological developments: *vaitelema*vaitlemavaidlema, but *vaiðelðakvaielda (-da is an analogical form). Compare Latvian vaids (problem) and Lithuanian vaidas (argument, quarrel). Cognate to´dialectal Finnish vaidella (to ask, to want) and Northern Sami váidit (to complain).

Verb

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vaidlema (da-infinitive vaielda)

  1. to argue
  2. to debate

Inflection

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