segadus

Estonian

Etymology

From segama +‎ -dus.

Noun

segadus (genitive segaduse, partitive segadust)

1. confusion

   segadusse ajama ― to confuse (literally, “to drive into confusion”)

2. commotion
3. disorder (absence of order; state of not being arranged in an orderly manner)

Declension

Declension of segadus (ÕS type 11/harjutus, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		segadus	segadused
accusative	nom.
	gen.	segaduse
genitive			segaduste
partitive		segadust	segadusi
illative		segadusse segadusesse	segadustesse segadusisse
inessive		segaduses	segadustes segadusis
elative		segadusest	segadustest segadusist
allative		segadusele	segadustele segadusile
adessive		segadusel	segadustel segadusil
ablative		segaduselt	segadustelt segadusilt
translative		segaduseks	segadusteks segadusiks
terminative		segaduseni	segadusteni
essive		segadusena	segadustena
abessive		segaduseta	segadusteta
comitative		segadusega	segadustega

Further reading

• “segadus”, in [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
• “segadus”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• “segadus”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
• segadus in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)