teadja

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *teetäjä.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈteɑ̯d̥jɑ/, [ˈteɑ̯d̥ʲjɑ̈]
• Rhymes: -eɑdjɑ
• Hyphenation: tead‧ja

Adjective

teadja (genitive teadja, partitive teadjat, comparative teadjam, superlative kõige teadjam)

1. learned, knowledgeable, informed, knowing

Declension

Declension of teadja (ÕS type 1/ohutu, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		teadja	teadjad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	teadja
genitive			teadjate
partitive		teadjat	teadjaid
illative		teadjasse	teadjatesse teadjaisse
inessive		teadjas	teadjates teadjais
elative		teadjast	teadjatest teadjaist
allative		teadjale	teadjatele teadjaile
adessive		teadjal	teadjatel teadjail
ablative		teadjalt	teadjatelt teadjailt
translative		teadjaks	teadjateks teadjaiks
terminative		teadjani	teadjateni
essive		teadjana	teadjatena
abessive		teadjata	teadjateta
comitative		teadjaga	teadjatega

Noun

teadja (genitive teadja, partitive teadjat)

1. cognoscente, connoisseur, pundit, adept, maven, expert

Declension

Declension of teadja (ÕS type 1/ohutu, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		teadja	teadjad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	teadja
genitive			teadjate
partitive		teadjat	teadjaid
illative		teadjasse	teadjatesse teadjaisse
inessive		teadjas	teadjates teadjais
elative		teadjast	teadjatest teadjaist
allative		teadjale	teadjatele teadjaile
adessive		teadjal	teadjatel teadjail
ablative		teadjalt	teadjatelt teadjailt
translative		teadjaks	teadjateks teadjaiks
terminative		teadjani	teadjateni
essive		teadjana	teadjatena
abessive		teadjata	teadjateta
comitative		teadjaga	teadjatega

References

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