Soojusest

Soojusest is the elative singular form of the Estonian noun soojus, meaning heat or warmth. In grammar, the elative case indicates origin or source, often translated as “from the heat” or “out of warmth.” Soo jet in this form is used when describing where something comes from or what caused a process that involves heat.

The word soojus belongs to the category of neuter, non-personal nouns. The elative suffix -st attaches to the stem soojus, producing soojusest. This contrasts with other common cases of soojus, such as the genitive soojuse (possession or characteristic) and the partitive soojust (an unspecified amount or object of a verb).

In usage, soojusest appears in scientific, technical, and descriptive writing when heat is identified as the source or origin of an effect, as well as in more literary or idiomatic expressions that emphasize warmth or heat as a cause. For example, phrases built around the concept of heat as a source may employ soojusest in conjunction with verbs of movement, change, or emergence, or in phrases like soojusest tulenev, which means “resulting from heat.”

Soojusest is thus a grammatical form rather than a standalone thematic concept. It exemplifies how Estonian uses the elative case to express origin or source, specifically related to heat, within broader discussions of physics, climate, or metaphorical warmth.

See also: Estonian grammar, elative case, soojus, word formation with case endings.