tegelane

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Estonian

Etymology

From tegema +‎ -lane.

Noun

tegelane (genitive tegelase, partitive tegelast)

  1. a figure or person who is active or heavily involved in some field
    Avaliku elu tegelane.
    A public figure.
  2. character (in a story)
  3. (colloquial) guy, fellow, fella
    Ta on väga omapärane tegelane.
    He's a very strange guy.

Declension

Declension of tegelane (ÕS type 12/oluline, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative tegelane tegelased
accusative nom.
gen. tegelase
genitive tegelaste
partitive tegelast tegelasi
illative tegelasse
tegelasesse
tegelastesse
tegelasisse
inessive tegelases tegelastes
tegelasis
elative tegelasest tegelastest
tegelasist
allative tegelasele tegelastele
tegelasile
adessive tegelasel tegelastel
tegelasil
ablative tegelaselt tegelastelt
tegelasilt
translative tegelaseks tegelasteks
tegelasiks
terminative tegelaseni tegelasteni
essive tegelasena tegelastena
abessive tegelaseta tegelasteta
comitative tegelasega tegelastega