Estonian edit

Etymology edit

From pettuma +‎ -us.

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

pettumus (genitive pettumuse, partitive pettumust)

  1. disappointment
  2. letdown

Declension edit

Declension of pettumus (ÕS type 11/harjutus, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative pettumus pettumused
accusative nom.
gen. pettumuse
genitive pettumuste
partitive pettumust pettumusi
illative pettumusse
pettumusesse
pettumustesse
pettumusisse
inessive pettumuses pettumustes
pettumusis
elative pettumusest pettumustest
pettumusist
allative pettumusele pettumustele
pettumusile
adessive pettumusel pettumustel
pettumusil
ablative pettumuselt pettumustelt
pettumusilt
translative pettumuseks pettumusteks
pettumusiks
terminative pettumuseni pettumusteni
essive pettumusena pettumustena
abessive pettumuseta pettumusteta
comitative pettumusega pettumustega

Further reading edit

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