Tarbimises

Tarbimises is an Estonian grammatical form, specifically the inessive case of the noun tarbimine, which means consumption or use. As a linguistic term, tarbimises is used to indicate “in consumption” or “within the act of consuming” and is typically found in economic, sociological, or consumer-behavior contexts.

Etymology and morphology: Tarbimine is derived from the verb tarbima, “to consume” or “to use.” The inessive form tarbimises marks location or state inside the process of consumption. The base noun tarbimine also appears in other cases, such as tarbimise (genitive) and tarbimistes (plural inessive), depending on number and sentence structure.

Usage: Tarbimises is used mainly in Estonian-language texts that discuss consumption patterns, consumer behavior, markets, or resource use. It functions similarly to phrases like “in consumption” in English, often pairing with modifiers or qualifiers such as changes, patterns, or trends. Example contexts include statements about changes in household consumption, shifts in spending, or analyses of how goods are used within a population.

Example sentences:

- Elanike tarbimises on viimastel aastatel toimunud märkimisväärsed muutused. (There have been significant changes in household consumption in recent years.)

- Tarbimise mustrite analüüs keskendub tarbimises toimuvate muutuste uurimisele. (The analysis of consumption patterns focuses on changes occurring within consumption.)

See also: Tarbimine, Tarbija.

Note: Tarbimises is a technical term chiefly relevant to Estonian grammar and terminology for discussions of consumption, and is not commonly used outside scholarly or formal contexts.