segadus

Estonian

Etymology

From segama +‎ -dus.

Noun

segadus (genitive segaduse, partitive segadust)

  1. confusion
    segadusse ajama ― to confuse (literally, “to drive into confusion”)
  2. commotion
  3. disorder (absence of order; state of not being arranged in an orderly manner)

Declension

Declension of segadus (ÕS type 11/harjutus, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative segadus segadused
accusative nom.
gen. segaduse
genitive segaduste
partitive segadust segadusi
illative segadusse
segadusesse 		segadustesse
segadusisse
inessive segaduses segadustes
segadusis
elative segadusest segadustest
segadusist
allative segadusele segadustele
segadusile
adessive segadusel segadustel
segadusil
ablative segaduselt segadustelt
segadusilt
translative segaduseks segadusteks
segadusiks
terminative segaduseni segadusteni
essive segadusena segadustena
abessive segaduseta segadusteta
comitative segadusega segadustega

Further reading

  • “segadus”, in [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
  • “segadus”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • “segadus”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
  • segadus in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
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