Kroonilistele

Kroonilistele is the dative plural form of the Estonian adjective krooniline, meaning chronic. It is used when the modified noun is in the dative plural, typically in contexts related to long-lasting conditions or ongoing circumstances. In health and policy language it often appears in phrases that indicate what is being addressed or affected, such as to chronic diseases or to chronic patients.

In practice, kroonilistele is most commonly found in medical, administrative, and research texts. It accompanies nouns in the indirect object role, for example in sentences like “kroonilistele haigustele suunatud ressursid” (resources allocated to chronic diseases) or “kroonilistele patsientidele mõeldud hooldus” (care intended for chronic patients). The form helps express targeting, attention, or action toward chronic conditions.

Etymology and related forms: krooniline derives from the Estonian root associated with time and duration, and is part of a word family that includes kroonika (chronicle) and kronoloogia (chronology). These terms share a common Greek-derived root through Latin and other European languages, reflecting a semantic link to time, duration, and ongoing processes. As a grammatical form, kroonilistele contrasts with other cases such as kroonilised (nominative plural) or krooniliste (genitive/dative singular and plural variants), depending on the sentence structure.

See also: krooniline haigus, kroonilised haigused, kroonikat puudutavad või krooniliste haiguste kontekst, Estonian medical and policy terminology.