14päevase

14päevase is an Estonian attributive adjective form meaning “of fourteen days” or “two-week.” It is the genitive singular form used when describing a noun in the genitive or other cases where the noun is not in the nominative. The base adjective is 14päevane, formed by the numeral 14 combined with päev (day) to express a duration of fourteen days. In Estonian, numerals that form compound adjectives decline like other adjectives, so 14päevane becomes 14päevase in the genitive, 14päevasele in the allative, and so on.

Usage and contexts

The term is common in product descriptions, contracts, and everyday language to specify a two-week timeframe. For example, “Tootel on 14päevane tagastusperiood” denotes a fourteen-day return period. Another example is “14päevase ajavahemiku jooksul,” which means within a fourteen-day window. The form is typically used when the noun it modifies is in a dependent case (genitive or partitive) or when the attribute itself is clearly tied to a duration.

Orthography and variants

In written Estonian, compound numeral adjectives are often hyphenated, appearing as 14-päevane in many contexts, though the unhyphenated form 14päevane is also common in running text. The specific inflected form shown here, 14päevase, is the genitive singular, used when the associated noun requires genitive.

See also

The construction of two-week expressions in Estonian, numeral-adjective inflection, and related duration terms such as kahe nädala (two weeks).