Reegipõhiste

Reegipõhiste is an Estonian term that tends to occur in formal or technical writing. It is an attributive adjective formed by combining a base stem with the suffix -põhiste, a morphological pattern used to express that something is based on or founded on that base. As a result, reegipõhiste describes things such as theories, methods, classifications, or models that have a particular base as their foundation.

Because the exact base attached to reegipõhiste can vary, the term is highly context dependent and does not have a single fixed meaning in standard dictionaries. In scientific, linguistic, or methodological texts, it is common to encounter phrases where the intended base is specified by the surrounding sentence, for example describing a method or model as reegipõhiste based on a named framework or principle.

Etymology and morphology: The construction consists of a stem (the base) plus the adjectival plural suffix -põhiste. The morpheme -põhine signals basing, while the preceding stem identifies what serves as the basis. This makes reegipõhiste a descriptive, rather than a fixed lexical item, whose precise sense is determined by context.

See also: Estonian language morphology; compound adjectives; terminology formation; scientific writing in Estonian.

References: For the exact meaning in a given text, consult a reliable Estonian dictionary or the corpus in which the term appears to identify the specific base being referenced.