Narratiivses

Narratiivses is an Estonian inflected form of the adjective narratiivne, meaning "narrative." It represents the inessive singular form used before a noun in the inessive case, typically to express “in the narrative” or “within a narrative context.” This form is part of standard Estonian adjective declension and does not constitute a separate word with its own meaning outside its grammatical function.

In usage, narratiivses modifies a noun to locate or frame something within narrative discourse. Examples include narratiivses tekstis (in the narrative text), narratiivses teoses (in the narrative work), and narratiivses esitusviisis (in a narrative presentation style). The construction is common in literary analysis, linguistics, and translation studies when discussing how a story is told, structured, or conveyed within a larger work.

The base adjective, narratiivne, denotes characteristics related to a narrative, such as plot, narration, or narrative techniques. The form narratiivses serves to anchor these characteristics to a specific textual or discourse context. The term is frequently encountered in Estonian literary criticism and academic writing concerned with narratology and the analysis of narrative devices.

See also: narratiivne, narratoloogia, narratiiv, narrativism. Notes on usage are typical for descriptive linguistics and stylistic analysis of Estonian prose.