Laiendusest

Laiendusest is an Estonian noun form. It is the elative case of the noun laiendus, which means extension or expansion. The elative case marks origin, source, or movement away from something, and in practice it can indicate what something comes from or what it is based on. Therefore, laiendusest can be translated roughly as “from the extension” or “out of the expansion.”

Formation and usage: In Estonian, the elative case is formed with the suffix -st. For the noun laiendus, the elative singular is laiendusest. The form is used with nouns referring to a source or cause, and it can attach to phrases that describe changes, costs, ideas, or information that originate in an extension or expansion context.

Examples:

- Laiendusest tulenevad kulud on eelarves arvestatud. (Costs arising from the extension are accounted for in the budget.)

- Projektiga seotud aruteludes viidati laiendusest tulenevatele muudatustele. (In discussions related to the project, changes arising from the extension were mentioned.)

- Uudised keskendusid laiendusest tehtud tähelepanekutele. (The news focused on observations from the extension.)

Etymology and related forms: Laiendusest derives from the root laiendus (extension, expansion) with the elative suffix -st. The base noun laiendus has other case forms such as laienduse (genitive) and laiendust (partitive).

See also: laiendus, Estonian grammatical cases, elative case.