valge

== Estonian == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *valkëda, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *wëlketa, from *walke or *wïlki (“light”). Cognate with Finnish valkea, Livonian vālda, Votic valka, Ingrian valkia, Karelian valgie, Livvi valgei, Ludian valged, Veps vauged, Northern Sami vielgat (from Proto-Samic *vielkëtē) and Eastern Mari волгыдо (volgydo, “light, brightness”); possibly also Erzya валдо (valdo, “light”), Moksha валда (valda, “light”) and Hungarian villám (“lightning”), világ (“light”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvɑlɡ̊e/, [ˈvɑlɡ̊e̞] Rhymes: -ɑlɡe Hyphenation: val‧ge === Adjective === valge (genitive valge, partitive valget, comparative valgem, superlative kõige valgem or valgeim) white (color) Antonym: must Covered in snow. Synonym: lumine light, bright, illuminated valge suveöö ― a white summer night Synonym: hele Antonym: pime Having light skin, belonging to the Caucasian race. valged lõuna-aafriklased ― white South Africans Synonym: valgenahaline Related to the counterrevolutionary White movement during the Russian Civil War. Synonym: valgekaartlik ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (light, bright, illuminated): hele (covered in snow): lumine (having light skin): valgenahaline (related to the White movement): valgekaartlik ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “white (color)”): must (antonym(s) of “light, bright, illuminated”): pime ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Compounds ==== === Noun === valge (genitive valge, partitive valget) The color white, something colored in white. sunlight, illumination Synonym: päevavalgus A person having light skin, belonging to the Caucasian race. Synonym: valgenahaline Lõuna-Aafrika valged ― the white people of South Africa A person belonging to the counterrevolutionary White movement during the Russian Civil War. Synonym: valgekaartlane ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (sunlight): päevavalgus (a person having light skin): valgenahaline (a person belonging to the White movement): valgekaartlane ==== Compounds ==== === See also === === References === valge in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut) “valge”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009 == Latin == === Adjective === valge vocative masculine singular of valgus