Vocab: närviline - nervous

nervous; jittery; excited or irritated (due to stress, tiredness, etc.); somebody who is restless and impatient; something that is rapidly shifting; something that causes uncertainty and anxiety

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Building blocks

• närvi- → derived from “nerve”

• -line → an adjective-forming ending ("related to" or "characterized by")

So, närviline literally means "characterized by nerves" or "nervy," which explains why it describes someone who is nervous, restless, or easily irritated.

How to use it:

Here is how you use the word “närviline” ⬇️

Examples

Pärast telefonikõnet tundus naise hääl kuidagi närviline

Literally: “After phone-call seemed woman's voice somewhat nervous”

Idiomatically: “After the phone call, the woman's voice sounded somewhat nervous”

Pärast - Preposition - Indeclinable: "After"
telefonikõnet - Noun - Partitive Singular: "phone call"
tundus - Verb - 3rd Person Singular, Past Tense: "seemed"
naise - Noun - Genitive Singular: "woman's"
hääl - Noun - Nominative Singular: "voice"
kuidagi - Adverb - Indeclinable: "somewhat"
närviline - Adjective - Nominative Singular: "nervous"