ajalugu

Estonian

Etymology

From aeg (“time”) +‎ lugu (“story”), calque of German Zeitgeschichte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑjɑˌluɡ̊u/, [ˈɑ̈jɑ̈ˌluɡ̊u]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: a‧ja‧lu‧gu

Noun

ajalugu (genitive ajaloo, partitive ajalugu)

1. history
   1. Consecutive events happened in the past as a whole.

      Kohvikul on väärikas ajalugu.

      The cafe has a rich history.

   2. The branch of science describing and studying past events and patterns between them.

      Ta astus ülikooli ajalugu, kirjandust ja rahvaluulet õppima.

      He enrolled in the university to study history, literature and folklore.

   3. (computing) A record of actions by a user.

      Külastatud lehekülgede ajaloos saab nüüd kasutada laiendatud otsingut.

      You can now use advanced search in the history of recently visited webpages.

Declension

Declension of ajalugu (type nägu)

	singular	plural
nominative	ajalugu	ajalood
genitive	ajaloo	ajalugude
partitive	ajalugu	ajalugusid
illative	ajalukku / ajaloosse	ajalugudesse
inessive	ajaloos	ajalugudes
elative	ajaloost	ajalugudest
allative	ajaloole	ajalugudele
adessive	ajalool	ajalugudel
ablative	ajaloolt	ajalugudelt
translative	ajalooks	ajalugudeks
terminative	ajalooni	ajalugudeni
essive	ajaloona	ajalugudena
abessive	ajaloota	ajalugudeta
comitative	ajalooga	ajalugudega

Derived terms

• ajaloolane
• ajalooline

References

• ajalugu in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)