Lühikejutustest

Lühikejutustest is an Estonian term that most often appears as the genitive form of the noun phrase lühike jutustus, meaning short story. In scholarly and bibliographic writing it is used to indicate relation to a short story, for example in catalog entries or academic notes where the exact sense depends on the surrounding words. It is not generally treated as a fixed literary term with a single definition in standard dictionaries.

Because Estonian relies on case endings to express grammatical relationships, lühikejutustest illustrates how adjectives and nouns combine into a head phrase whose case marks function is determined by context. The form itself does not imply a specific genre or style; its interpretation is determined by the sentence.

In contemporary Estonian literary usage, writers typically refer to short prose as lühijutt or lühilugu; lühikejutustest may appear in analytical or bibliographic contexts rather than as a label for a style. Readers encountering the term should rely on context to identify its intended meaning.

See also: Estonian language, short story, microfiction, grammar.