No. 850 in Estonian

andres

The word "Andres" is a common male given name in Estonian, equivalent to "Andrew" in English.

In a sentence

Andres on väga lahke inimene.
Andres is a very kind person.
Here, the word 'Andres' is used as a proper name, functioning as the subject of the sentence.
Selja Andres on sammaskujuline seade.
Andres of the back is a pillar-like object.
In this creative usage, 'Andres' is personified to describe its shape metaphorically.
Ma nägin raamatus nimest Andrest kirjeldavat lõiku.
I saw a paragraph in the book describing a person named Andres.
'Andrest' is the partitive singular of 'Andres', the proper noun, showing grammatical inflection.

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