moodustab

Moodustab is an Estonian verb meaning forms or constitutes. It is the third-person singular present indicative form of moodustada, whose infinitive is moodustada (to form, to constitute, to create). The word is commonly used to describe how a part or portion relates to a whole, or how something makes up a component of a larger entity.

As a transitive verb, moodustab takes a subject that performs the forming action and a direct object that denotes what is formed. In Estonian, the object is often in the partitive case when expressing a portion of a whole. For example, “See moodustab kolmandiku elanikkonnast” translates to “This forms/constitutes one third of the population.” Another common usage is to say that something moodustab a significant portion of something else, such as “see moodustab suure osa majandusest” (“it constitutes a large part of the economy”).

Grammatical forms related to moodustab include the full present tense paradigm of moodustada (moodustan, moodustad, moodustab, moodustame, moodustate, moodustavad) and other tenses such as moodustas (past tense). The related nouns moodustus (formation, constitution) and moodustamine (the act of forming) are used in more technical or descriptive contexts.

In summary, moodustab is a versatile verb used to express how something forms or constitutes a part of a larger whole, common in academic, statistical, and formal writing.