algus

Estonian

Etymology

From algama +‎ -us.

Noun

algus (genitive alguse, partitive algust)

1. beginning

Declension

Declension of algus (ÕS type 11/harjutus, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		algus	algused
accusative	nom.
	gen.	alguse
genitive			alguste
partitive		algust	algusi
illative		algusse algusesse	algustesse algusisse
inessive		alguses	algustes algusis
elative		algusest	algustest algusist
allative		algusele	algustele algusile
adessive		algusel	algustel algusil
ablative		alguselt	algustelt algusilt
translative		alguseks	algusteks algusiks
terminative		alguseni	algusteni
essive		algusena	algustena
abessive		alguseta	algusteta
comitative		algusega	algustega

Declension of algus (ÕS type 9/katus, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		algus	algused
accusative	nom.
	gen.	alguse
genitive			alguste
partitive		algust	alguseid
illative		algusesse	algustesse alguseisse
inessive		alguses	algustes alguseis
elative		algusest	algustest alguseist
allative		algusele	algustele alguseile
adessive		algusel	algustel alguseil
ablative		alguselt	algustelt alguseilt
translative		alguseks	algusteks alguseiks
terminative		alguseni	algusteni
essive		algusena	algustena
abessive		alguseta	algusteta
comitative		algusega	algustega

Further reading

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

Latin

Etymology

Related to algeō.

Noun

algus m (genitive algūs); fourth declension

1. the subjective feeling of the cold, coldness
2. (Old Latin) coldness (uncomfortably so)

   Synonym: algor

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	algus	algūs
genitive	algūs	alguum
dative	alguī	algibus
accusative	algum	algūs
ablative	algū	algibus
vocative	algus	algūs

References

• “algus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press