Sooritamist

Sooritamist is an Estonian noun that refers to the act of performing, carrying out, or executing something. It is used to describe the realization or completion of actions, obligations, tasks, or payments. The term signals an event or process rather than a person or a final result and appears mainly in formal or administrative language.

Etymology and form: Sooritamist is derived from the verb sooritama (to perform or execute) and the nominalizing suffix -amine. The base noun sooritamine means “the act of performing,” and sooritamist is one of its case forms used in contexts that require the partitive/genitive.

Usage: Sooritamist commonly occurs in legal, financial, and project-management texts to indicate the act of performing specific duties or obligations. Examples include phrases such as "Tööde sooritamist tuleb kontrollida" (The execution of the works must be checked) and "Makse sooritamist kontrollitakse" (The execution of the payment is checked). It functions to refer to the process rather than the outcome, focusing on the act of carrying out.

See also: sooritamine (the act itself), sooritaja (the performer), sooritus (the performance or completion). These related terms form part of the same lexical field surrounding execution and performance in Estonian.