Meetrilise

Meetrilise is the genitive singular form of the Estonian adjective meetriline, meaning “metrical” or “relating to meter.” In Estonian, adjectives decline for case and number, so meetriline becomes meetrilise in the genitive singular, as in meetrilise rütmi (of the metrical rhythm) or meetrilise süsteemi (of the metrical system).

Usage and scope: The word is used mainly in scholarly and literary contexts to describe the metrical or rhythmic aspects of poetry, verse, or music. It appears in discussions of line length, stress patterns, syllabic structure, and cadence. Because it is an inflected form, meetrilise functions as an adjective within a larger noun phrase rather than as a standalone concept in English-language discourse.

Etymology and related forms: The term is formed from the concept of meter, combined with the Estonian adjectival suffix -iline, yielding a word that corresponds to the English “metrical.” The base adjective in nominative singular is meetriline; the genitive singular is meetrilise, with other forms such as meetrilised (nominative plural) and meetriliste (genitive plural) used in different grammatical contexts.

Relation to other terms: Meetriline and its inflected forms are part of Estonian terminology for prosody, metrics, and related disciplines. It is commonly contrasted with non-mmetrical descriptors when analyzing poetic or musical structures.

See also: Estonian language, Metre, Prosody, Metrics.