Külalise

Külaline is an Estonian noun meaning "guest." Külalise is its genitive singular form and is used to express possession or association in noun phrases, such as the guest’s arrival or the guest’s belongings. For example, "külalise saabumine" refers to the arrival of the guest, and "külalise nimekiri" can mean the guest’s list.

In Estonian, külaline follows the standard noun declension pattern. The base form is nominative külaline, and other common forms include genitive külalise, partitive külalist, and illative külalisse, among others. The genitive form külalise is typically used to link the noun with another noun or to denote ownership, as in "külalise rõivad" (the guest’s clothes) or "külalise staatus" (the guest’s status).

Külalise can also appear in plural contexts when forming possessive phrases with multiple guests, using the genitive plural külaliste in phrases like "külaliste nimekiri" (the list of the guests). The word itself is native to Estonian and functions as a regular noun within its declined forms.

See also: külaline (the base form), külalised (plural), külaliste.