Geoloogilistest

Geoloogilistest is an inflected Estonian form of the adjective geoloogiline, meaning geological. In Estonian, adjectives agree with the number, case, and definiteness of the nouns they modify. The form geoloogilistest is used with plural nouns in certain cases to convey meanings such as “of the geological …” or “from the geological …,” commonly in the genitive plural or partitive plural. This form appears frequently in scientific and academic texts when referring to multiple geological elements, data sets, or processes.

The term is not a separate field or concept on its own; it is a grammatical form that enables precise expression within the broader topic of geology. For example, phrases like geoloogilistest andmetest (from geological data) or geoloogilistest protsessidest (about geological processes) illustrate its typical usage in research writing. The base adjective geoloogiline is paired with various noun forms to describe geological objects, data, or phenomena.

In the Estonian scholarly vocabulary, geoloogia denotes the science of the Earth’s structure, rocks, fossils, and processes. The adjective geoloogiline describes things related to this science, while its inflected forms—including geoloogilised (nominative plural) and geoloogilistest—allow the language to express relationships with plural nouns across different cases. Thus geoloogilistest serves as a standard grammatical tool for conveying information about geology in Estonian texts.