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 | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | tausta | ||
| genitive | 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 | |
Synonyms
- foon
- tagataust
References
- “taust”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
Further reading
- “taust”, in [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
- “taust”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
- “taust”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
- taust in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
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