Avalduses

Avalduses is an Estonian noun form, the singular inessive case of avaldus, which commonly means "statement", "declaration" or "application". As an inessive it translates to "in the statement", "in the declaration" or "in the application", and is used to indicate location or context within a verbal or written utterance or a submitted form.

Grammatical and phonetic details: avalduses is formed from the nominative avaldus (plural avaldused) by adding the inessive ending -s. The typical full declension includes genitive avalduse and partitive avaldust. Primary word stress in Estonian falls on the first syllable, so avalduses is pronounced approximately [ˈɑvɑlduses].

Usage contexts: the form appears in administrative and legal language when referring to content contained in a document (e.g., "Avalduses märgiti..." – "In the application it was noted..."), in journalism and commentary when citing a statement, and in literary analysis when discussing elements contained within an utterance. It also occurs in everyday speech when describing information present within a written or spoken declaration.

Etymology and related terms: avaldus derives from the verb avaldama ("to make public, to express") and is linked to the adjective avalik ("public"). Related morphological forms and case endings reflect the agglutinative case system characteristic of Estonian.