taust
Estonian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tˈɑu̯st/
Noun
taust (genitive tausta, partitive tausta)
- background (a part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context)
- background (a less important feature of scenery)
- background (information relevant to the current situation about past events; history)
Declension
Declension of taust (ÕS type 22u/leib, length gradation)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | taust | taustad |
| genitive | tausta | taustade |
| partitive | tausta | taustu taustasid |
| illative | tausta taustasse |
taustadesse taustusse |
| inessive | taustas | taustades taustus |
| elative | taustast | taustadest taustust |
| allative | taustale | taustadele taustule |
| adessive | taustal | taustadel taustul |
| ablative | taustalt | taustadelt taustult |
| translative | taustaks | taustadeks taustuks |
| terminative | taustani | taustadeni |
| essive | taustana | taustadena |
| abessive | taustata | taustadeta |
| comitative | taustaga | taustadega |
| Notes | 1) The long illative singular form with -sse is rarely used for this declension type. | |
Synonyms
- foon
- tagataust
References
- taust in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
Further reading
- taust in Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik
- M. Langemets, M. Tiits, T. Valdre, L. Veskis, Ü. Viks, P. Voll, editors (2009), “taust”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (online dictionary, in Estonian), 2nd edition, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation)
- taust in Raadik, M., editor (2018), Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, →ISBN
- taust in Sõnaveeb
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