lause

See also: Läuse

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Etymology

From the verb lausuma. Compare with corresponding Finnish word "lause".

Noun

lause (genitive lause, partitive lauset)

1. sentence
2. clause
3. phrase

Declension

Declension of lause (ÕS type 6/mõte, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		lause	laused
accusative	nom.
	gen.	lause
genitive			lausete
partitive		lauset	lauseid
illative		lausesse	lausetesse lauseisse
inessive		lauses	lausetes lauseis
elative		lausest	lausetest lauseist
allative		lausele	lausetele lauseile
adessive		lausel	lausetel lauseil
ablative		lauselt	lausetelt lauseilt
translative		lauseks	lauseteks lauseiks
terminative		lauseni	lauseteni
essive		lausena	lausetena
abessive		lauseta	lauseteta
comitative		lausega	lausetega

Further reading

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