talgud

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *talko- (compare Finnish talkoot, Karelian talloh, Veps touguh, Votic talko), borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (compare Lithuanian talka (“cooperated voluntary work”)).

Noun

talgud (genitive talgute, partitive talguid)

1. (usually in the plural) bee (gathering for carrying out a major task, such as harvesting or construction), dugnad

Declension

Declension of talgud (ÕS type 1/ohutu, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		—	talgud
accusative	nom.
	gen.	—
genitive			talgute
partitive		—	talguid
illative		—	talgutesse talguisse
inessive		—	talgutes talguis
elative		—	talgutest talguist
allative		—	talgutele talguile
adessive		—	talgutel talguil
ablative		—	talgutelt talguilt
translative		—	talguteks talguiks
terminative		—	talguteni
essive		—	talgutena
abessive		—	talguteta
comitative		—	talgutega

Derived terms

• talgutöö
• talguline
• talgupäev
• mõttetalgud
• tapatalgud

Further reading

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