Situatsioonilist

Situatsioonilist is an Estonian grammatical form of the adjective situatsiooniline, meaning related to a situation or contextual. In Estonian, adjectives decline to agree with the noun they modify, and situatsiooniline has several inflected forms. Situatsioonilist is the form used for certain cases in the singular, typically where the noun is in a partitive or genitive-like role. It functions as a normal grammatical form rather than as a separate lexical item.

The use of situatsiooniline and its inflected forms allows speakers to indicate that something is contextual or dependent on a particular situation, rather than universal. It appears in formal and technical language, including discussions of context, analysis, planning, or decision-making.

The base noun is situatsioon, meaning “situation.” The suffix -iline marks a word as an adjective meaning “relating to.” A related adverb is situatsiooniliselt, meaning “situationally.”

In Estonian, the concept behind situatsiooniline is common across domains: a situational approach, situational awareness, or situational ethics all rely on the idea that properties or judgments vary with context. As a grammatical form, situatsioonilist is primarily encountered in written Estonian and serves to align the adjective with the required case of the noun it modifies.