-dus

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Estonian

Etymology

Related to -us.

Suffix

-dus (genitive -duse, partitive -dust)

  1. Derives nouns from words generally ending with vowels
    vaba (free) + ‎-dus → ‎vabadus (freedom)
    sala (secretly) + ‎-dus → ‎saladus (secret)
    kare (rough) + ‎-dus → ‎karedus (roughness)
    harima (to educate) + ‎-dus → ‎haridus (education)
    isa (father) + ‎-dus → ‎isadus (paternity)

Declension

Declension of -dus (ÕS type 11/harjutus, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative -dus -dused
accusative nom.
gen. -duse
genitive -duste
partitive -dust -dusi
illative -dusse
-dusesse
-dustesse
-dusisse
inessive -duses -dustes
-dusis
elative -dusest -dustest
-dusist
allative -dusele -dustele
-dusile
adessive -dusel -dustel
-dusil
ablative -duselt -dustelt
-dusilt
translative -duseks -dusteks
-dusiks
terminative -duseni -dusteni
essive -dusena -dustena
abessive -duseta -dusteta
comitative -dusega -dustega
Declension of -dus (ÕS type 9/katus, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative -dus -dused
accusative nom.
gen. -duse
genitive -duste
partitive -dust -duseid
illative -dusesse -dustesse
-duseisse
inessive -duses -dustes
-duseis
elative -dusest -dustest
-duseist
allative -dusele -dustele
-duseile
adessive -dusel -dustel
-duseil
ablative -duselt -dustelt
-duseilt
translative -duseks -dusteks
-duseiks
terminative -duseni -dusteni
essive -dusena -dustena
abessive -duseta -dusteta
comitative -dusega -dustega

Derived terms

Gothic

Romanization

-dus

  1. Romanization of -𐌳𐌿𐍃