Staatusega

Staatusega is an Estonian grammatical form that functions as the comitative construction of the noun staatus, meaning status. It is used to express “with the status” or “holding the status” in relation to another noun, and it appears in noun phrases rather than as a standalone word.

Morphology and formation: The base noun staatus takes genitive singular as staatuse. To form the comitative case, which marks accompaniment or attribution, the suffix -ga is added to the genitive stem, producing staatusega. The plural form is staatustega, for example when referring to multiple entities with statuses. This pattern follows the standard Estonian rule where the comitative suffix -ga combines with the genitive form of a noun.

Usage and meaning: Staatusega primarily marks possession or attribution of a recognized status within formal, legal, or bureaucratic contexts. It describes entities that carry a particular status rather than describing status as an abstract quality. In practice, it is used in official documents, regulations, and descriptive texts to clarify who or what has a given status.

Examples:

- staatus with a person: staatusega inimene translates to “a person with status.”

- document example: staatusega dokument translates to “a document with status.”

- plural usage: staatustega inimesed means “people with statuses.”

See also: Estonian grammar, genitive case, comitative suffix, and related terms for attributive constructions. Staatusega is a specialized grammatical form rather than a standalone semantic concept, and its interpretation relies on the surrounding noun and context.