tegelane
Estonian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]tegelane (genitive tegelase, partitive tegelast)
- a figure or person who is active or heavily involved in some field
- Avaliku elu tegelane.
- A public figure.
- character (in a story)
- (colloquial) guy, fellow, fella
- Ta on väga omapärane tegelane.
- He's a very strange guy.
Declension
[edit]| 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 | |