teenus

Estonian

Etymology

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Noun

teenus (genitive teenuse, partitive teenust)

1. (economics) service (practice of providing assistance as an economic activity)

Declension

Declension of teenus (ÕS type 11/harjutus, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		teenus	teenused
accusative	nom.
	gen.	teenuse
genitive			teenuste
partitive		teenust	teenusi
illative		teenusse teenusesse	teenustesse teenusisse
inessive		teenuses	teenustes teenusis
elative		teenusest	teenustest teenusist
allative		teenusele	teenustele teenusile
adessive		teenusel	teenustel teenusil
ablative		teenuselt	teenustelt teenusilt
translative		teenuseks	teenusteks teenusiks
terminative		teenuseni	teenusteni
essive		teenusena	teenustena
abessive		teenuseta	teenusteta
comitative		teenusega	teenustega

Declension of teenus (ÕS type 9/katus, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		teenus	teenused
accusative	nom.
	gen.	teenuse
genitive			teenuste
partitive		teenust	teenuseid
illative		teenusesse	teenustesse teenuseisse
inessive		teenuses	teenustes teenuseis
elative		teenusest	teenustest teenuseist
allative		teenusele	teenustele teenuseile
adessive		teenusel	teenustel teenuseil
ablative		teenuselt	teenustelt teenuseilt
translative		teenuseks	teenusteks teenuseiks
terminative		teenuseni	teenusteni
essive		teenusena	teenustena
abessive		teenuseta	teenusteta
comitative		teenusega	teenustega

Derived terms

• postiteenus
• sotsiaalteenus
• teenustasu

 

Related terms

• teene

Further reading

• “teenus”, 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
• “teenus”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• “teenus”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
• teenus in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)