Maandamises

Maandamises is a term found in Estonian usage that refers to the act or process of bringing something down to a surface, most commonly in aviation or maritime contexts where a controlled landing is involved. Grammatically, the word is formed from the verb stem related to landing or bringing down, combined with the noun-forming suffix -mise to express the action, and it can appear in comitative or locative constructions with endings such as -ses to indicate location or time (for example, in the inessive form “maandumises” meaning “in the landing”). In standard Estonian, however, the more common noun for the act of landing is maandumine.

Usage and scope of the term vary by context. In technical or historical texts about flight operations, “maandamises” may be encountered to describe phases or events associated with the process of bringing an aircraft or vessel to the ground. In everyday Estonian, speakers typically use maandumine to denote the act itself, and maandamises appears mainly in more formal, specialized, or literary contexts where a precise nominal or locational phrasing is intended. The sense remains tied to the idea of lowering, settling, or bringing something to rest on a surface.

Etymology and related forms: the base is the verb related to lowering or bringing down, the suffix -mise yields a nominal, and the ending -ses can mark a case or phrase meaning “in …” depending on the grammatical construction. Related terms include maandumine (the act of landing) and maandamine (the act of damping or leveling in other technical senses, if used in related fields).

See also: maandumine, maandamine.