Hilised

Hilised is an Estonian adjective meaning late or belated. It serves as the plural nominative form of the stem adjective hiline and is used to describe multiple nouns that are late in time or occurrence. Like other Estonian adjectives, hilised inflects for case and number, so it will appear as hilised in the nominative plural, while forms such as hilise (genitive singular) or hiliste (genitive plural) show its other grammatical cases.

In usage, hilised describes events, actions, or items that occur after the expected or ordinary time. It can refer to late arrivals, delayed communications, belated decisions, or late-stage developments. The word carries a neutral to slightly descriptive tone and is common in everyday Estonian as well as in formal writing when specifying timing.

The term is often found in phrases where timing is relevant, for example describing late-arriving guests, late-breaking news, or belated responses. It does not inherently assign value, though context can shift emphasis toward inconvenience, surprise, or inevitability depending on the surrounding wording.

Related concepts include hiline (the base adjective meaning late) and its other inflected forms for different cases and numbers. In translation, hilised corresponds to “late” or “belated” in English, with the sense adjusted by the noun it modifies and the broader context.