inhibiitor

Estonian

Etymology

From Medieval Latin inhibitor, from Latin inhibeō (“to restrain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inhiˈb̥iːtor/, [inhiˈb̥iːtːor]
• Rhymes: -iːtor
• Hyphenation: in‧hi‧bii‧tor

Noun

inhibiitor (genitive inhibiitori, partitive inhibiitorit)

1. (biology, chemistry) inhibitor (a substance that inhibits a biological process or chemical reaction)

   Antonym: stimulaator

Declension

Declension of inhibiitor (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		inhibiitor	inhibiitorid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	inhibiitori
genitive			inhibiitorite
partitive		inhibiitorit	inhibiitoreid
illative		inhibiitorisse	inhibiitoritesse inhibiitoreisse
inessive		inhibiitoris	inhibiitorites inhibiitoreis
elative		inhibiitorist	inhibiitoritest inhibiitoreist
allative		inhibiitorile	inhibiitoritele inhibiitoreile
adessive		inhibiitoril	inhibiitoritel inhibiitoreil
ablative		inhibiitorilt	inhibiitoritelt inhibiitoreilt
translative		inhibiitoriks	inhibiitoriteks inhibiitoreiks
terminative		inhibiitorini	inhibiitoriteni
essive		inhibiitorina	inhibiitoritena
abessive		inhibiitorita	inhibiitoriteta
comitative		inhibiitoriga	inhibiitoritega

References

• inhibiitor in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “inhibiitor”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009