Käidelda

Käidelda is an Estonian verb meaning to handle, deal with, or manage something. It is used to describe acting on tasks, issues, documents, or situations, often in a procedural or administrative sense.

Usage and scope: The verb is transitive and common in formal, business, and official language as well as in technical writing. It can refer to organizing, processing, or steering a matter from start to finish, including handling paperwork, coordinating actions, or guiding a project. In everyday speech, speakers may choose synonyms such as tegelema or hoolitsema depending on nuance, but käidelda emphasizes a sense of organization and responsibility in the conduct of the matter.

Grammar and form: Käidelda appears in the standard Estonian verb paradigm as an -da infinitive. Conjugation patterns follow those of regular verbs, with inflected forms expressing person, number, and mood through auxiliary words and endings. The word is typically used with a direct object referring to the matter being handled, often in a partitive or genitive case as dictated by Estonian grammar.

Etymology and related terms: The precise origin of käidelda is not settled in common dictionaries. It is generally treated as an Estonian root related to the concept of hands and effort in management, with the -elda suffix common to verbs meaning “to do” or “to perform.”

See also: Estonian language; list of Estonian verbs.