toidab

Toidab is an Estonian verb meaning "feeds" or "is feeding." It is used transitively to describe the act of giving food to someone or something, such as a person or an animal, and it agrees with the subject in person and number according to standard Estonian conjugation.

Etymology and grammar: the word is derived from the noun toit, meaning "food," and is formed as a regular -da verb. In ordinary usage it appears in the third-person singular present form toidab, among other conjugations for this class of verbs.

Examples: Ta toidab kassi. (He/she feeds the cat.) Emad toidavad lapsi. (The mothers feed the children.) The verb is common in everyday Estonian and appears in both everyday speech and written text to describe feeding actions.

See also: Estonian language; Estonian verbs; Finnish–Estonian language family.