Eksperimentaalset

Eksperimentaalset is the partitive singular form of the Estonian adjective eksperimentaalne, meaning "experimental." In Estonian, adjectives agree with the noun they modify in number, case, and form. The partitive singular eksperimentaalset is used when the noun is in the partitive case, which commonly occurs with indefinite objects or after certain verbs and constructions.

The derivation rests on eksperiment, meaning "experiment," plus the adjectival suffix -aalne, which yields meaning related to or characterized by experiments. The resulting form eksperimentaalne describes something that is experimental in nature, procedure, or design, while eksperimentaalset marks the same idea in the partitive singular grammatical position.

Usage generally appears in scientific, academic, and artistic texts, where an attribute or object is described as experimental but within a context that requires partitive case. Examples include eksperimentaalset meetodit (an experimental method) and eksperimentaalset lähenemist (an experimental approach). In other syntactic contexts, the nominative form eksperimentaalne is more common for predicative use, as in see on eksperimentaalne meetod (this is an experimental method).

Notes on formality and nuance: eksperimentaalset signals indefiniteness or partial scope in a sentence, distinguishing it from the nominative eksperimentaalne used for direct description before a noun. Like many Estonian adjective forms, eksperimentaalset has related inflected forms for other cases and numbers.

See also: eksperimentaalne, eksperiment, Estonian grammar.