looming

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English

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Etymology

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From loom +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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looming (plural loomings)

  1. gerund of loom: the condition of something that looms or towers.
    • 1850 May 1, Thomas Carlyle, “No. V. Stump-Orator.”, in Latter-Day Pamphlets, London: Chapman and Hall, [], →OCLC, page 155:
      But if no world exist in the man; if nothing but continents of empty vapour, of greedy self-conceits, commonplace hearsays, and indistinct loomings of a sordid chaos exist in him, what will be the use of 'light' to show us that?

Verb

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looming

  1. present participle and gerund of loom

Estonian

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Noun

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looming (genitive loomingu, partitive loomingut)

  1. creative work

Declension

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Declension of looming (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative looming loomingud
accusative nom.
gen. loomingu
genitive loomingute
partitive loomingut loominguid
illative loomingusse loomingutesse
loominguisse
inessive loomingus loomingutes
loominguis
elative loomingust loomingutest
loominguist
allative loomingule loomingutele
loominguile
adessive loomingul loomingutel
loominguil
ablative loomingult loomingutelt
loominguilt
translative loominguks loominguteks
loominguiks
terminative loominguni loominguteni
essive loominguna loomingutena
abessive loominguta loominguteta
comitative loominguga loomingutega