Rahanduslike

Rahanduslike is an Estonian adjective form meaning "financial" or "fiscal." It is the genitive plural form of rahanduslik and is used when describing plural nouns that appear in the genitive case, as in phrases such as rahanduslike näitajate andmete or rahanduslike eelarvete kulud. The base form rahanduslik covers the nominative singular and other contexts where the noun is not in genitive.

Etymology and form. The word is built from rahandus, meaning finance, combined with the suffix -lik, which yields the core meaning "related to finance." Adjectives in Estonian decline for number, case, and definiteness; rahanduslik becomes rahanduslike in the genitive plural, and rahanduslikke in the partitive plural.

Grammatical usage. Rahanduslike is typically found where the modifying noun is plural and in a genitive relation, for example in possessive or descriptive phrases: rahanduslike näitajate andmed (data of financial indicators), rahanduslike eelarvete kulud (costs of financial budgets). For a basic, plural nominative construction meaning "financial [things]," the form rahanduslikud is used, as in rahanduslikud otsused (financial decisions).

Contexts. The term appears frequently in economics, public administration, budgeting, auditing, and policy documents. It serves to distinguish financial aspects from other domains such as tehniline (technical) or sotsiaalne (social) when describing plural nouns in correct grammatical cases.

See also. Rahanduslik, financial; rahandus, finance; Estonian grammar (adjective declensions).