Päikese

Päikese is the genitive singular form of the Estonian noun päike, meaning "sun". In Estonian grammar it functions to indicate possession or association and is commonly used as the linking element in compound words and phrases related to the sun or sunlight.

As a morpheme, päikese appears in many everyday and technical compounds, for example päikesevalgus (sunlight), päikeseenergia (solar energy) and päikesevarjutus (solar eclipse). It also features in idiomatic and poetic expressions to convey ideas of warmth, light, vitality or time of day. In place names, business names and cultural contexts, Päikese frequently appears as part of street names, parks, enterprises and event titles to evoke brightness or positivity.

In writing and speech, the form follows standard Estonian orthography and is capitalized only when required by general capitalization rules (for instance at the beginning of a sentence or in proper names). The word reflects a broader cultural presence of the sun motif in Estonian folklore, literature and everyday language, where the root päike and its inflected forms are used across registers from technical terminology to poetic imagery.

An approximate English pronunciation rendering is "PAY-keh-seh".