Sõbralikku

Sõbralikku is the partitive singular form of the Estonian adjective sõbralik, meaning "friendly." It is used when the noun it modifies is in the partitive case, often in sentences with a partitive object.

A typical example is Ma kohtasin sõbralikku inimest, meaning "I met a friendly person." Here inimene becomes inimeste in other cases, but in this construction the noun is in the partitive, which triggers the form sõbralikku. Other common examples include sõbralikku koera ("a friendly dog") and sõbralikku suhtumist ("a friendly attitude").

Etymology: sõbralik is built from sõber (friend) plus the suffix -lik, forming a word that describes a characteristic or quality. The partitive form sõbralikku reflects Estonian inflection rules for adjectives preceding a noun in the partitive case.

Usage notes: In Estonian, adjectives generally appear before the noun they modify, and sõbralikku follows this pattern when the noun is in the partitive case. When used predicatively with linking verbs like olema (to be), the dictionary form sõbralik is typically used, as in Ta on sõbralik ("He/She is friendly").

In summary, sõbralikku is the inflected form of "friendly" used for partitive constructions, enabling phrases that describe non-specific or partially affected objects, such as "a friendly [something]".