elulugu
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Estonian
Etymology
From elu (“life”) + lugu (“story”).
Pronunciation
Noun
elulugu (genitive eluloo, partitive elulugu)
- life story
- biography
- Synonym: biograafia
Declension
Declension of elulugu (type nägu)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | elulugu | elulood |
| genitive | eluloo | elulugude |
| partitive | elulugu | elulugusid |
| illative | elulukku / eluloosse | elulugudesse |
| inessive | eluloos | elulugudes |
| elative | eluloost | elulugudest |
| allative | eluloole | elulugudele |
| adessive | elulool | elulugudel |
| ablative | eluloolt | elulugudelt |
| translative | elulooks | elulugudeks |
| terminative | elulooni | elulugudeni |
| essive | eluloona | elulugudena |
| abessive | eluloota | elulugudeta |
| comitative | elulooga | elulugudega |
Further reading
- “elulugu”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
- “elulugu”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
- elulugu in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)