ootamatu

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Estonian

Etymology

From oota(ma) +‎ -matu.

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Adjective

ootamatu (genitive ootamatu, partitive ootamatut, comparative ootamatum, superlative kõige ootamatum or ootamatuim)

  1. unexpected

Declension

Declension of ootamatu (ÕS type 1/ohutu, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative ootamatu ootamatud
accusative nom.
gen. ootamatu
genitive ootamatute
partitive ootamatut ootamatuid
illative ootamatusse ootamatutesse
ootamatuisse
inessive ootamatus ootamatutes
ootamatuis
elative ootamatust ootamatutest
ootamatuist
allative ootamatule ootamatutele
ootamatuile
adessive ootamatul ootamatutel
ootamatuil
ablative ootamatult ootamatutelt
ootamatuilt
translative ootamatuks ootamatuteks
ootamatuiks
terminative ootamatuni ootamatuteni
essive ootamatuna ootamatutena
abessive ootamatuta ootamatuteta
comitative ootamatuga ootamatutega

Derived terms

Further reading

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