tegelane
Estonian
Etymology
From tegema + -lane.
Noun
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
Inflection of tegelane (ÕS type 12/oluline, no gradation)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | tegelane | tegelased |
| accusative | tegelase | tegelased |
| genitive | tegelase | 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 |