Keelelises

Keelelises is an Estonian grammatical form used to express relation to language or linguistics. It is derived from the adjective keeleline, meaning linguistic or language-related, and functions to mark a sense of being within the field of linguistics. In everyday academic usage, keelelises appears in phrases such as keelelises mõttes (in linguistic terms), keelelises kontekstis (in a linguistic context), or keelelises uurimuses (in a linguistic study). The form helps specify that the statement or analysis pertains to language science rather than to general topics.

Morphology and usage patterns are typical for Estonian adjectives that describe a field or domain. Keelelises can modify a noun or be used in predicative constructions to situate discussion within linguistics. The exact inflection depends on the sentence structure and the noun it relates to, but the core idea remains: it locates discourse within the domain of language studies rather than in a broader or non-linguistic context.

Etymology-wise, keelelises builds on keel (language) with the standard adjectival derivation keeleline, and the -lises ending marks a specific in-domain or in-context form. This makes it a specialized, mostly scholarly term rather than a general everyday descriptor.

See also: lingvistiline, keel, keeleline. In practice, keelelises is most often encountered in academic Estonian writing and formal discourse about language, grammar, or linguistic analysis.