Juuksete

Juuksete is an Estonian linguistic form: it is the genitive plural of the noun juuksed, which refers to hair or locks on a person’s head. Juuksed can denote hair in a general sense, including its strands, and is used in everyday and literary contexts. The form juuksete appears when the noun is used in a genitive plural construction, signaling possession or association with hair.

In usage, juuksete functions to express phrases such as “of the hair” or “belonging to the hairs.” This inflected form is part of the standard Estonian declension system, alongside other forms of juuksed such as the nominative plural juuksed and the genitive singular juukse. The genitive plural form is typically encountered in more formal, descriptive, or older texts, and in poetry, where precise grammatical relationships between nouns and their modifiers are emphasized.

Estonian grammar often employs the genitive case to indicate possession, description, or relation, and juuksete is one of several noun forms used to convey such connections with body parts. The appearance of juuksete in a sentence signals that the speaker is referring to hair collectively and in relation to another noun or action.

See also

Estonian grammar; juuksed; genitive case in Estonian; Estonian noun declension.