demokraatia
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Estonian
Etymology
Likely from Ancient Greek δημοκρατία (dēmokratía).
Pronunciation
Noun
demokraatia (genitive demokraatia, partitive demokraatiat)
Declension
| Declension of demokraatia (ÕS type 1/ohutu, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | demokraatia | demokraatiad | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | demokraatia | ||
| genitive | demokraatiate | ||
| partitive | demokraatiat | demokraatiaid | |
| illative | demokraatiasse | demokraatiatesse demokraatiaisse | |
| inessive | demokraatias | demokraatiates demokraatiais | |
| elative | demokraatiast | demokraatiatest demokraatiaist | |
| allative | demokraatiale | demokraatiatele demokraatiaile | |
| adessive | demokraatial | demokraatiatel demokraatiail | |
| ablative | demokraatialt | demokraatiatelt demokraatiailt | |
| translative | demokraatiaks | demokraatiateks demokraatiaiks | |
| terminative | demokraatiani | demokraatiateni | |
| essive | demokraatiana | demokraatiatena | |
| abessive | demokraatiata | demokraatiateta | |
| comitative | demokraatiaga | demokraatiatega | |
Related terms
Further reading
- “demokraatia”, in Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
- “demokraatia”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
- “demokraatia”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
- demokraatia in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)