puudumist

Puudumist is the partitive singular form of the Estonian noun puudumine, which means absence, lack, or shortage. Puudumine denotes the state of being absent or not having something, as well as more general deficiencies or shortfalls. The term can apply to people, resources, phenomena, or conditions, ranging from concrete shortages to non-attendance or failure to occur. The root of the word is puuduma, “to be missing or lacking.”

Etymology and related terms: Puudumine is related to puudus (shortage or lack) and puuduma (to lack or be missing). In practice, puudumine emphasizes the state or condition, while puudus often highlights the insufficiency of a resource or supply. The genitive form puudumise and the partitive form puudumist are used in different grammatical constructions, depending on what is being described and the sentence structure.

Usage and contexts: The term is widely used across domains such as economics, medicine, and everyday language. Examples include raha puudumine (lack of money), toidupuudus (food shortage), and rauapuudus (iron deficiency). In many expressions, puudumist or puudumise appears with verbs that describe assessment, occurrence, or impact, for instance: Raha puudumine on raske kindlaks teha. Toodete puudumist esineb sageli kriisi ajal.

See also: Puudus, puudumine (general concept of absence or shortage), rauapuudus (iron deficiency), vitamiinipuudus (vitamin deficiency).