Pallikujulise

Pallikujulise is an Estonian adjective meaning ball-shaped or spherical. It is formed from pall (ball) and kujuline (shaped). The base form pallikujuline is used to describe something with a spherical form, while inflected forms such as pallikujulise appear when the adjective modifies a noun in different grammatical cases, for example pallikujulise keha (a spherical body).

In standard usage, pallikujuline and its inflected forms are common in technical and scientific texts, including geometry, engineering, design, and biology, where objects, particles, droplets, or capsules are described as ball-shaped. The term can describe both ideal spheres and near-spherical shapes, emphasizing overall silhouette rather than material or precise geometry alone.

Pallikujulise kujuga and pallikujulise keha are typical collocations; other inflected forms arise according to Estonian grammar. The word relates to other kujuline terms such as sfääriline, which is a direct translation for “spherical” in some contexts, though pallikujuline emphasizes shape rather than material or exact geometric properties.

See also: kujuline, sfääriline.