Kahjustavatele

Kahjustavatele is an Estonian-language grammatical form that appears in legal, administrative, and formal texts. It is used to indicate recipients or beneficiaries related to harm, damage, or injurious actions, and is often translated into English as “to the injured” or “to those harmed,” depending on context. The form is derived from the stem related to harm or injurious action and carries the dative/allative plural ending -atele, signaling direction toward the affected group in a clause.

In usage, kahjustavatele typically denotes persons who are the subject of aid, compensation, or protective measures. It occurs in phrases that describe rights, duties, or benefits allocated to those affected by harm. As with other Estonian inflectional forms, its exact meaning depends on context and the surrounding words, such as verbs of giving, supporting, or protecting.

Related terms include kahjustaja (the injurer or offender), kahjustatu (the harmed person), and kahju (harm or damage). The word belongs to a broader vocabulary used in law, social security, and health-care administration to formalize the relationship between those who suffer harm and the entities that provide assistance or accountability.

Notes: Estonian relies on inflection rather than prepositions to mark case, so the form kahjustavatele signals its grammatical role within a sentence. In translation, the sense is usually conveyed by English phrases like “to the injured” or “for those affected,” depending on the context.