Illatiivses

Illatiivses is a grammatical form in Estonian that functions as the illative case form of the adjective illatiivne. The illative, which marks direction toward a location, is one of the Estonian case categories. When adjectives or adjectival phrases describe something in an illative context, their form can appear as illatiivses, aligning with the illative case of the noun they modify.

In practical terms, illatiivse forms are used primarily in linguistic or descriptive contexts to express that a feature, sense, or state belongs to or occurs within the illative framework. This includes phrases such as illatiivses tähenduses (in the illative sense) or illatiivses kontekstis (in the illative context). The construction reflects the agreement between the adjective and a noun that is itself in the illative case.

Formation and usage are part of broader Estonian inflection rules, where adjectives agree with the noun in number, case, and definiteness. The illatifive adjective form typically appears only in contexts where the illative case is functionally present, and it mirrors how other illative adjectives are declined to describe illative-noun phrases.

Because illatiivses is a specialized grammatical form, it is most commonly encountered in linguistic description, grammar references, and analyses of Estonian case systems rather than in everyday prose. See also illatiiv, Illative case, and illatiivne as the base adjective meaning related to the illative.