taristu
Estonian
Etymology
From tarima + -stu. Coined by Andres Valdre in 2010 to replace infrastruktuur, which is considered an awkward foreign word.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɑristu/, [ˈtɑristu]
- Rhymes: -ɑristu
- Hyphenation: ta‧ris‧tu
Noun
taristu (genitive taristu, partitive taristut)
- (neologism) infrastructure (a system for the economic development and well-being of a region and society)
- Synonym: (high register) infrastruktuur
Declension
| Declension of taristu (ÕS type 1/ohutu, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | taristu | taristud | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | taristu | ||
| genitive | taristute | ||
| partitive | taristut | taristuid | |
| illative | taristusse | taristutesse taristuisse | |
| inessive | taristus | taristutes taristuis | |
| elative | taristust | taristutest taristuist | |
| allative | taristule | taristutele taristuile | |
| adessive | taristul | taristutel taristuil | |
| ablative | taristult | taristutelt taristuilt | |
| translative | taristuks | taristuteks taristuiks | |
| terminative | taristuni | taristuteni | |
| essive | taristuna | taristutena | |
| abessive | taristuta | taristuteta | |
| comitative | taristuga | taristutega | |
Compounds
- digitaristu
- energiataristu
- infotaristu
- lennutustaristu
- naftataristu
- raudteetaristu
- sotsiaaltaristu
- teadustaristu
- tehnotaristu
- taristuehitus
- taristuminister
- taristuprojekt
- taristurike
References
- taristu in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
- “taristu”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN