trollibuss

Estonian

trollibuss Tallinnas

Etymology

From English trolley bus. By surface analysis, troll +‎ buss.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrolʲˑiˌb̥usʲː/, [ˈtrolʲˑiˌb̥usʲː]
• Rhymes: -usʲː
• Hyphenation: trol‧li‧buss

Noun

trollibuss (genitive trollibussi, partitive trollibussi)

1. trolley bus

   Synonym: troll

   Coordinate terms: buss, tramm, rong

Declension

Declension of trollibuss (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		trollibuss	trollibussid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	trollibussi
genitive			trollibusside
partitive		trollibussi	trollibusse trollibussisid
illative		trollibussi trollibussisse	trollibussidesse trollibussesse
inessive		trollibussis	trollibussides trollibusses
elative		trollibussist	trollibussidest trollibussest
allative		trollibussile	trollibussidele trollibussele
adessive		trollibussil	trollibussidel trollibussel
ablative		trollibussilt	trollibussidelt trollibusselt
translative		trollibussiks	trollibussideks trollibusseks
terminative		trollibussini	trollibussideni
essive		trollibussina	trollibussidena
abessive		trollibussita	trollibussideta
comitative		trollibussiga	trollibussidega

Compounds

• liigendtrollibuss

• trollibussidepoo
• trollibussiliiklus
• trollibussiliin
• trollibussipark
• trollibussipeatus
• trollibussisõit
• trollibussiühendus

References

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