elulugu

Estonian

Etymology

From elu (“life”) +‎ lugu (“story”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈeluˌluɡ̊u/, [ˈeluˌluɡ̊u]

Noun

elulugu (genitive eluloo, partitive elulugu)

  1. life story
  2. biography
    Synonym: biograafia

Declension

Declension of elulugu (type nägu)
singular plural
nominative elulugu elulood
genitive eluloo elulugude
partitive elulugu elulugusid
illative elulukku / eluloosse elulugudesse
inessive eluloos elulugudes
elative eluloost elulugudest
allative eluloole elulugudele
adessive elulool elulugudel
ablative eluloolt elulugudelt
translative elulooks elulugudeks
terminative elulooni elulugudeni
essive eluloona elulugudena
abessive eluloota elulugudeta
comitative elulooga elulugudega

Further reading

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