Tegusõnadele

Tegusõnadele is the allative plural form of the Estonian noun tegusõna, which means verb. The form expresses direction toward or targeting the referent and translates roughly as “to the verbs.” It is used in contexts where the action or reference is directed at a group of verbs.

Morphology and formation: In Estonian nouns, the allative case marks direction toward something. The plural allative form tegusõnadele is created by taking the genitive plural tegusõnade (the plural genitive of tegusõna) and adding the allative suffix -le, yielding tegusõnadele. The corresponding singular form is tegusõnale (to the verb).

Usage and context: The allative case, including tegusõnadele, serves to indicate the recipient or target of an action, or a direction toward a referent. Tegusõnadele is typically encountered in linguistic descriptions, grammar references, or instructional material illustrating noun inflection, rather than in everyday prose. It denotes “to the verbs” and may appear in analyses that discuss how verbs behave as a class or as part of a set being addressed or described.

Related forms: The singular allative form is tegusõnale, meaning “to the verb.” This pattern follows the general Estonian system of allative marking, where the suffix -le attaches to the base form to indicate direction toward a single referent, while the genitive plural form plus -le yields the plural allative like tegusõnadele.

See also: Estonian grammar, allative case, genitive case, tegusõna.