spetsialist

Estonian

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from German Spezialist, from French spécialiste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spetsiɑlˈist/

Noun

spetsialist (genitive spetsialisti, partitive spetsialisti)

1. specialist

   Synonym: asjatundja

Declension

Declension of spetsialist (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		spetsialist	spetsialistid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	spetsialisti
genitive			spetsialistide
partitive		spetsialisti	spetsialiste spetsialistisid
illative		spetsialisti spetsialistisse	spetsialistidesse spetsialistesse
inessive		spetsialistis	spetsialistides spetsialistes
elative		spetsialistist	spetsialistidest spetsialistest
allative		spetsialistile	spetsialistidele spetsialistele
adessive		spetsialistil	spetsialistidel spetsialistel
ablative		spetsialistilt	spetsialistidelt spetsialistelt
translative		spetsialistiks	spetsialistideks spetsialisteks
terminative		spetsialistini	spetsialistideni
essive		spetsialistina	spetsialistidena
abessive		spetsialistita	spetsialistideta
comitative		spetsialistiga	spetsialistidega

Further reading

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