Hooldamisega

Hooldamisega is an Estonian grammatical form built from the noun hooldamine, meaning maintenance or servicing, with the comitative suffix -ga. In practice, hooldamisega signals accompaniment or a relation to maintenance, roughly translating to “with maintenance” or “in connection with maintenance.” It is not a standalone concept but a standard instrumental/comitative construction used to describe how actions are performed, under what conditions, or what is involved.

In usage, hooldamisega commonly appears in technical, facilities management, and service contexts. It is frequently found in phrases such as hooldamisega seotud kulud (costs related to maintenance), hooldamisega kaasnevad riskid (risks accompanying maintenance), and hooldamisega seostatavad tööd (works associated with maintenance). The form helps distinguish maintenance-related aspects from other operations and can pair with adjectives, nouns, and verbs to specify the scope or manner of work.

Morphology and nuances: the form is created by taking the genitive stem of the noun (hooldamise) and adding the comitative suffix -ga. This construction can express means, accompaniment, or involvement of maintenance, depending on the surrounding sentence and verb. While it often denotes a practical, operational link to maintenance, its interpretation is determined by context and accompanying words.

See also: hooldamine (maintenance, servicing), hoolsus (care, attentiveness), related phrases such as hooldamisega seotud and hooldamisega kaasnevad.