kustutab

Kustutab is an Estonian verb form meaning erases or deletes. It is the third-person singular present indicative form of kustutama, the verb that means to erase or delete. The base verb kustutama is used across everyday language and technical contexts to describe the action of removing content, data, or objects.

In usage, kustutab appears in sentences describing someone or something performing a deletion. For example, Ta kustutab valitud teksti means he or she deletes the selected text, and Süsteem kustutab ajutised failid means the system deletes the temporary files. In computing interfaces, the imperative form kustuta is commonly used for a delete button, while kustutab can be used in documentation or textual descriptions of program behavior to indicate what a function does.

Etymology and related forms: kustutama is a native Estonian verb, and kustutab is its present tense form for third-person singular. The noun form for the act of deleting is kustutamine, and the imperative form used for direct commands is kustuta. These forms are standard in Estonian and are part of everyday language as well as technical terminology related to editing and data management.

See also: kustutamine, kustuta. These terms are related to the broader concept of deletion and data erasure in Estonian.