Kultuurilisteks

Kultuurilisteks is the translative plural form of the Estonian adjective kultuuriline, meaning cultural. It is used to express a change of state or role, indicating that the subject becomes or is regarded as “culturalists” or as having a cultural-oriented identity. The form is a plural translative, and it follows a noun in plural that denotes the new role or status.

In Estonian grammar, the translative case marks transformation or a shift into a new condition. For adjectives, the translative plural form ends with -ilisteks. Thus kultuurilisteks signals “into culturalists” in a sentence, and is typically used with verbs of becoming, such as saama (to become), or in predicates describing a change of status.

Usage notes:

- It is most commonly encountered in formal, academic, or descriptive prose when discussing groups or roles linked to culture, culture work, or cultural studies.

- The counterpart singular form would be kultuuriliseks, used for one person or entity becoming cultural.

- Outside of contexts involving transformation or role assignment, the base adjective form kultuurilised is used to describe cultural characteristics.

See also:

- Translative case in Estonian

- Estonian adjectives and their inflection

- Cultural studies terminology in Estonian-language texts

In sum, kultuurilisteks is a specific grammatical form used to express “becoming culturalists” or functioning as culturalists in plural, within formal Estonian prose.