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otstarve

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Estonian

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Etymology

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ots +‎ tarve

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈots(ˌ)tɑrve/, [ˈots(ˌ)tɑrve̞]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑrve
  • Hyphenation: ots‧tar‧ve

Noun

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otstarve (genitive otstarbe, partitive otstarvet)

  1. purpose, function

Declension

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Declension of otstarve (ÕS type 6/mõte, b-v gradation)
singular plural
nominative otstarve otstarbed
accusative nom.
gen. otstarbe
genitive otstarvete
partitive otstarvet otstarbeid
illative otstarbesse otstarvetesse
otstarbeisse
inessive otstarbes otstarvetes
otstarbeis
elative otstarbest otstarvetest
otstarbeist
allative otstarbele otstarvetele
otstarbeile
adessive otstarbel otstarvetel
otstarbeil
ablative otstarbelt otstarvetelt
otstarbeilt
translative otstarbeks otstarveteks
otstarbeiks
terminative otstarbeni otstarveteni
essive otstarbena otstarvetena
abessive otstarbeta otstarveteta
comitative otstarbega otstarvetega

Derived terms

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References

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  • otstarve in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • otstarve”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009