Lõpposalitel
Lõpposalitel is a term that appears in some Estonian-language linguistic discussions to refer to the set of terminal morphemes—suffixes that attach to the end of a word stem. The word itself is built from lõpp, meaning “end,” and osa, meaning “part” or “section,” but in standard Estonian grammar the phrase is not a widely adopted, formal label. When used, lõpposalitel is typically described as a way to focus on the endings that encode grammatical information at the word’s edge, such as case, number, or derivational relations.
The exact definition of lõpposalitel varies among authors. In some treatments it denotes all endings that occur
In analyses that employ lõpposalitel, the emphasis is on the endings themselves as a coherent set. This
A word stem X can take various final suffixes to produce forms with different meanings or grammatical
Estonian grammar, Estonian inflection, morphology, suffix
The term is not universally adopted in scholarly work. For authoritative usage, consult current linguistic references