Koosolemist

Koosolemist is the partitive singular form of the Estonian noun koosolemine, which denotes the act of meeting, gathering, or assembly. The base noun koosolemine is formed from koosolek (a meeting) with the nominalizing suffix -mine, indicating the event or process of meeting. Koosolemist therefore refers to the act or occurrence of a meeting in a way that is viewed as an indefinite quantity or an abstract event.

Usage and function: In Estonian, koosolemist is used in grammatical constructions that require the partitive case. This often marks indefiniteness, non-completion, or the object of verbs that govern a partitive. In formal or administrative language, koosolemist appears when talking about meetings in general or when the action of meeting is described rather than a specific, countable instance. The common related noun koosolek refers to a concrete meeting, while koosolemine refers to the act of meeting itself; koosolemist is the inflected form used in particular syntactic contexts.

Common collocations and examples: A standard usage is to express obligations or actions concerning meetings, such as organizing or handling a meeting, for example with phrases like "koosolemist korraldada" (to organize a meeting) or in sentences where the action of meeting is the object of a verb and marked in the partitive. The exact construction will depend on the verb and the broader syntactic context.

See also: koosolek, koosolemine, Estonian grammar