Kohaldatava

Kohaldatava is an Estonian language term used as the genitive singular form of the adjective kohaldatav, meaning applicable or usable. The word appears chiefly in legal, regulatory, and technical texts to indicate which rule, provision, method, or standard is relevant in a given context. It comes from the verb kohaldama, meaning to apply or to use, combined with the participial suffix -atav.

In practice, kohaldatava is used to link an applicable item to the thing it governs. For example, phrases such as kohaldatava seaduse alusel mean “under the applicable law,” and kohaldatava määruse sätete järgi mean “according to the provisions of the applicable regulation.” The inflected form kohaldatava marks attribution to a noun in the genitive case, as in kohaldatava seaduse või kohaldatava menetluse kohta.

Kohaldatava is not a standalone theoretical concept but a grammatical-terminological form that helps specify relevance or applicability in a sentence. Its English equivalents vary with context, most commonly rendered as “applicable,” “in force,” or “to be applied,” depending on the surrounding text and case.

Related terms include kohaldatav (the basic adjective “applicable”) and kohaldatavus (the noun form “applicability”). The term is widely used in regulatory and policy discussions to clarify which rules or standards are in effect for a given situation.