Ekraanil

Ekraanil is an Estonian adessive form of the noun ekraan, meaning "on the screen" or "on-screen." It is used to indicate location or presence on a display surface, whether literal (a video or monitor) or figurative (public attention or media). Pronunciation approximates to [ekˈrɑːnil], with stress on the first syllable.

In grammar, ekraanil expresses the adessive case, which marks a stationary position on or at something. Typical sentences include Sei on ekraanil ("It is on the screen") or Pilt jääb ekraanil ("The image remains on the screen"). Related morphological forms include ekraan (nominative), ekraani (genitive), ekraanile (illative, "onto the screen"), and ekraanilt (ablative, "from the screen").

The term appears frequently in contexts such as film and television studies, user-interface description, software documentation, and news reporting. It combines with participles and adjectives to form phrases like ekraanil kuvatud ("displayed on the screen") and ekraanil olev ("present on the screen"). Figurative uses extend to cultural commentary, as in phenomena "appearing on the screen" of public discourse.

As a common, semantically transparent form, ekraanil exemplifies Estonian case marking for spatial relations and is widely used in everyday speech and technical language related to displays and media.