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teise

Teise is the genitive singular form of the Estonian word teine, which means second or the other. Teine functions as an ordinal numeral or attributive adjective in its base form, while teise is used when the noun it modifies is in the genitive case or in phrases requiring that form.

In practice, teise appears in noun phrases such as teise korruse aknad (the windows of the second

Teise is not a standalone noun or adverb; it is a grammatical inflection of teine. Its exact

Summary: teise is a case-related form of teine used to indicate possession or association with a noun

floor)
or
teise
inimese
arvamus
(the
opinion
of
the
other
person).
It
can
also
express
“of
the
second”
in
contexts
like
teise
variandi
valik
(the
choice
of
the
second
variant).
form
is
determined
by
the
case,
number,
and
syntactic
role
of
the
noun
it
accompanies.
As
a
result,
teise
typically
appears
only
as
part
of
a
larger
noun
phrase,
not
by
itself.
in
the
genitive,
most
often
translating
roughly
as
“of
the
second”
or
“of
the
other”
in
English.