Kategooriaga

Kategooriaga is the comitative form of the Estonian noun kategooria (category). In Estonian grammar, the comitative case is formed by attaching the suffix -ga to a noun to indicate accompaniment or association, meaning “with” or “together with.” The form kategooriaga therefore expresses “with a category” or, in plural, “with categories.”

Formation and forms

The singular comitative of kategooria is kategooriaga. The plural comitative is kategooriatega, used when referring to more than one category. The comitative form is a productive part of Estonian morphology and is commonly used in both formal and informal texts to specify a relationship to a category or set of categories.

Usage

Kategooriaga is typically used to denote that something is contextualized within or linked to a particular category. It often appears in academic, bibliographic, and classificatory language. Common constructions include phrases such as kategooriaga seotud, meaning “related to the category,” and kategooriatega seotud, meaning “related to the categories.” The comitative form helps to clarify scope and context without requiring additional prepositions.

Examples

Selles uuringus käsitletakse kategooriaga seotud mõisteid. The study discusses concepts related to a category. And: Skemid jagatakse kategooriatega seotud tunnuste alusel, meaning “the schemas are divided according to category-related attributes.”

Notes

As a grammatical form, kategooriaga is not a separate lexical item but a morphological variant of kategooria used to express accompaniment or association with a category. It is a standard feature of Estonian syntax and appears frequently in technical and descriptive writing.