Paksusele

Paksusele is the allative case form of the Estonian noun paksus, meaning thickness, density, or fatness. In Estonian, paksus can refer to physical thickness (the measure of how thick something is) as well as figurative fatness or density (for example, of material, air, or even information). The base form is paksus, with the genitive paksuse, the partitive paksust, and the allative paksusele.

In grammatical terms, paksusele is formed by adding the allative suffix -le to the stem paksuse, creating a form used to express direction toward or a target of an action, in contexts that require the Estonian allative case. The allative is one of several cases used to indicate relationships such as direction, recipient, or aim, depending on the verb or construction.

Usage and context: paksusele typically appears in linguistic descriptions and descriptive texts that analyze Estonian noun declension. It is not a common form in everyday speech, where speakers would generally avoid the allative for ordinary references to thickness or fatness unless illustrating a grammatical point. In teaching materials and grammars, paksusele is cited as an example of the allative form for the noun paksus and is listed alongside other case forms such as paksuse and paksust.

See also: paksus, Estonian grammar, allative case, noun declension in Estonian.