kuritegevus

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Estonian

Etymology

kuri (evil) +‎ tegevus (action)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkuriˌteɡ̊evus/,
  • Rhymes: -eɡevus
  • Hyphenation: ku‧ri‧te‧ge‧vus

Noun

kuritegevus (genitive kuritegevuse, partitive kuritegevust)

  1. crime, criminality

Declension

Declension of kuritegevus (ÕS type 11/harjutus, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kuritegevus
accusative nom.
gen. kuritegevuse
genitive
partitive kuritegevust
illative kuritegevusse
kuritegevusesse
inessive kuritegevuses
elative kuritegevusest
allative kuritegevusele
adessive kuritegevusel
ablative kuritegevuselt
translative kuritegevuseks
terminative kuritegevuseni
essive kuritegevusena
abessive kuritegevuseta
comitative kuritegevusega

References

  • kuritegevus in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • kuritegevus”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009