Vocab: loov - creative
creative; inventive; able to bring something new into being; marked by originality and imagination
Building blocks
loo- → stem of looma (”to create”)
-v → present participle ending (turns the verb into an adjective)
So literally loov means: “creating” → one who creates
⚠ loov vs loominguline: if you mean inventive by nature (a person, a mind), use loov; if you mean arts- or creative-work-related (a field, an activity), use loominguline.
How to use it:
Here is how you use the word “loov” ⬇️
Example
Loov inimene näeb tavalistes asjades uusi võimalusi.
Literally: “Creative person sees ordinary-in things-in new possibilities.”
Idiomatically: “A creative person sees new possibilities in ordinary things.”
Loov - Adjective - Nominative Singular: "creative"
inimene - Noun - Nominative Singular: "person"
näeb - Verb - 3rd Person Singular, Present Tense: "sees"
tavalistes - Adjective - Inessive Plural: "in ordinary"
asjades - Noun - Inessive Plural: "in things"
uusi - Adjective - Partitive Plural: "new"
võimalusi - Noun - Partitive Plural: "possibilities"