taust

Estonian

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taust (genitive tausta, partitive tausta)

background (a part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context)
background (a less important feature of scenery)
background (information relevant to the current situation about past events; history)

Declension of taust (ÕS type 22u/leib, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		taust	taustad
accusative	nom.	taust
accusative	gen.	tausta
genitive		tausta	taustade
partitive		tausta	taustu taustasid
illative		tausta taustasse	taustadesse taustusse
inessive		taustas	taustades taustus
elative		taustast	taustadest taustust
allative		taustale	taustadele taustule
adessive		taustal	taustadel taustul
ablative		taustalt	taustadelt taustult
translative		taustaks	taustadeks taustuks
terminative		taustani	taustadeni
essive		taustana	taustadena
abessive		taustata	taustadeta
comitative		taustaga	taustadega

^ “taust”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012

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