elulugu

Estonian

Etymology

From elu (“life”) +‎ lugu (“story”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeluˌluɡ̊u/, [ˈeluˌluɡ̊u]

Noun

elulugu (genitive eluloo, partitive elulugu)

1. life story
2. biography

   Synonym: biograafia

Declension

Declension of elulugu (type nägu)

	singular	plural
nominative	elulugu	elulood
genitive	eluloo	elulugude
partitive	elulugu	elulugusid
illative	elulukku / eluloosse	elulugudesse
inessive	eluloos	elulugudes
elative	eluloost	elulugudest
allative	eluloole	elulugudele
adessive	elulool	elulugudel
ablative	eluloolt	elulugudelt
translative	elulooks	elulugudeks
terminative	elulooni	elulugudeni
essive	eluloona	elulugudena
abessive	eluloota	elulugudeta
comitative	elulooga	elulugudega

Further reading

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