-matu

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Estonian

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Etymology

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Likely a variant of -tu.

Suffix

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-matu (genitive -matu, partitive -matut, comparative -matum, superlative kõige -matum)

  1. Derives nouns from (nominal stems of) verbs, that are generally only used in compounds
    panema "to put" → pandamatu, panematuvastupandamatu "irresistible", tähelepanematu, tähelepandmatu "inattentive"
    võtma "to take" → võetamatu, võtmatuvastuvõetamatu, vastuvõtmatu "unacceptable"
    kannatama "to suffer" → kannatamatu "impatient"

Inflection

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Declension of -matu (ÕS type 1/ohutu, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative -matu -matud
accusative nom.
gen. -matu
genitive -matute
partitive -matut -matuid
illative -matusse -matutesse
-matuisse
inessive -matus -matutes
-matuis
elative -matust -matutest
-matuist
allative -matule -matutele
-matuile
adessive -matul -matutel
-matuil
ablative -matult -matutelt
-matuilt
translative -matuks -matuteks
-matuiks
terminative -matuni -matuteni
essive -matuna -matutena
abessive -matuta -matuteta
comitative -matuga -matutega

Derived terms

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