Füüsilistele

Füüsilistele is a grammatical form in Estonian that represents the allative plural form of the adjective füüsiline, meaning physical or natural. It is used in phrases that refer to natural persons, as opposed to juridical (legal) entities. The term füüsiline is commonly contrasted with juridiline, which describes legal entities such as corporations.

In Estonian, adjectives agree with the nouns they modify in number and case. The form füüsilistele appears when the adjective is used with a plural noun in the allative case, a case often used to indicate direction or recipient, roughly translating to “to natural persons” in English. The most typical context is when the noun being described is in the allative plural, for example in legal, administrative, or financial texts.

Usage and examples:

- Maksed makstakse füüsilistele isikutele. (Payments are made to natural persons.)

- Seadus on mõeldud füüsilistele isikutele kui tarbijatele. (The law is intended for natural persons as consumers.)

- Toetused jaotatakse füüsilistele isikutele vastavalt nende vajadustele. (Supports are distributed to natural persons according to their needs.)

Terminoloogia note:

- Füüsiline isik is the standard term for a natural person in Estonian law and everyday language.

- Füüsilistele isikutele is a case-inflected form used when the context demands a recipient or indirect object in the allative plural.

See also: Estonian language grammar, legal terminology in Estonia, natural person (füüsiline isik), juridiline isik (legal entity).