tegelik
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Estonian
Etymology
From tegema (“to do”) + -lik.
Pronunciation
Adjective
tegelik (genitive tegeliku, partitive tegelikku, comparative tegelikum, superlative kõige tegelikum)
Declension
| Declension of tegelik (ÕS type 25/õnnelik, length gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | tegelik | tegelikud | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | tegeliku | ||
| genitive | tegelike tegelikkude | ||
| partitive | tegelikku | tegelikke tegelikkusid | |
| illative | tegelikku tegelikusse |
tegelikesse tegelikkudesse | |
| inessive | tegelikus | tegelikes tegelikkudes | |
| elative | tegelikust | tegelikest tegelikkudest | |
| allative | tegelikule | tegelikele tegelikkudele | |
| adessive | tegelikul | tegelikel tegelikkudel | |
| ablative | tegelikult | tegelikelt tegelikkudelt | |
| translative | tegelikuks | tegelikeks tegelikkudeks | |
| terminative | tegelikuni | tegelikeni tegelikkudeni | |
| essive | tegelikuna | tegelikena tegelikkudena | |
| abessive | tegelikuta | tegeliketa tegelikkudeta | |
| comitative | tegelikuga | tegelikega tegelikkudega | |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “tegelik”, in Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
- “tegelik”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
- “tegelik”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
- tegelik in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)