tervitus
[ˈtervitus]
greeting
- noun
- B1
- Communication
Forms
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | tervitus | tervitused |
| Genitive | tervituse | tervituste |
| Partitive | tervitust | tervitusi |
| Illative | tervitusse | tervitustesse |
| Inessive | tervituses | tervitustes |
| Elative | tervitusest | tervitustest |
| Allative | tervitusele | tervitustele |
| Adessive | tervitusel | tervitustel |
| Ablative | tervituselt | tervitustelt |
| Translative | tervituseks | tervitusteks |
| Terminative | tervituseni | tervitusteni |
| Essive | tervitusena | tervitustena |
| Comitative | tervitusega | tervitustega |
Examples
Mees noogutas tervituseks.
The man nodded in greeting.
Kapell on toonud kaasa muusikalise tervituse.
The band brought a musical greeting.
Common combinations
sõbralik tervitus
a friendly greeting
soe tervitus
a warm greeting
tervitusi saatma
to send greetings
Related words
In Estonian
tervitamine
Definitions, examples and word forms are partly based on the EKI Combined Dictionary (Eesti Keele Instituut, Sõnaveeb), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Dictio has edited and added to them. Sources and licenses