Sõlmitav

Sõlmitav is an Estonian adjective or participial adjective derived from the verb sõlmima, meaning to conclude or to enter into (a contract or agreement). It denotes something that can be concluded or that is intended to be concluded, typically a contract, agreement, or similar legal instrument. In legal and formal language it is used attributively, for example sõlmitav leping (a contract to be concluded) or sõlmitav kokkulepe (an agreement to be entered into).

Grammatically, sõlmitav behaves like other Estonian -tav adjectives: it agrees with the noun it modifies in case and number. The base form in nominative singular is sõlmitav; it forms genitive, partitive and plural inflections according to standard adjective declension. The word thus functions both in attributive positions and, more rarely, predicatively in clauses describing future or planned action related to contracting or signing.

Semantics and usage notes: sõlmitav contrasts with sõlmitud (concluded, signed) and with sõlmima (the verb “to conclude/enter into”). It is common in legal drafting, contract templates, regulatory texts, and administrative language when referring to instruments that are intended to be prepared for signing or entered into. The nuance is prospective or potential, rather than completed.

Etymologically, it combines sõlmi- (root related to binding or closing) with the suffix -tav, which marks a participial or adjectival sense of feasibility or futurity.