kolleeg

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Estonian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kollege, from Latin collēga.

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Noun

kolleeg (genitive kolleegi, partitive kolleegi)

  1. colleague
    Synonym: töökaaslane

Declension

Declension of kolleeg (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative kolleeg kolleegid
accusative nom.
gen. kolleegi
genitive kolleegide
partitive kolleegi kolleege
kolleegisid
illative kolleegi
kolleegisse 		kolleegidesse
kolleegesse
inessive kolleegis kolleegides
kolleeges
elative kolleegist kolleegidest
kolleegest
allative kolleegile kolleegidele
kolleegele
adessive kolleegil kolleegidel
kolleegel
ablative kolleegilt kolleegidelt
kolleegelt
translative kolleegiks kolleegideks
kolleegeks
terminative kolleegini kolleegideni
essive kolleegina kolleegidena
abessive kolleegita kolleegideta
comitative kolleegiga kolleegidega

Further reading

  • “kolleeg”, in Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
  • “kolleeg”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • “kolleeg”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
  • kolleeg in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
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