Juhtumiks

Juhtumiks is the translative form of the Estonian noun juh­tum and appears in grammars to indicate a change of state, function, or role, roughly equivalent to “as a case” or “into a case.” In linguistic descriptions, the translative case marks the transition into a new state or identity and is treated as one of the grammatical cases described in scholarly texts.

The form juhtumiks is formed by attaching the translative suffix -iks to the stem juh­tum, yielding juhtumiks. This pattern reflects how Estonian uses suffixal morphologies to express role, status, or transformation in noun phrases.

Juhtumiks is most often encountered in academic, linguistic, or theoretical discussions of Estonian morphology and semantics. It is used when describing how a noun can be treated as taking on a different status or function within a sentence or text, such as in discussions of classification, categorization, or hypothetical scenarios.

In everyday Estonian, the translative case—both in general and the juh­tumiks form—tends to be relatively rare compared with more common cases like nominative, genitive, or partitive. It appears primarily in descriptive grammars, language-learning materials, and technical analyses of how Estonian expresses transitions between states or roles.

See also: Estonian grammar, translative case, juh­tum.