Tegusõnalisteks

Tegusõnalisteks is an Estonian grammatical term referring to the translative plural form of the adjective tegusõnaline, meaning verb-related or verbal. The form is used in linguistic descriptions to indicate a transition into a category defined by verbs or into a state described by verb-like forms. It often appears in discussions of how words can function as verbals, such as nominalizations of verbs or participle-like forms, or when listing categories to which parts of speech can be assigned.

Morphology and use are characteristic of Estonian grammar, where the translative case suffix -seks (singular) or -teks (plural) expresses a change of state or role, roughly translating to “into …” or “as …” in English. Tegusõnalisteks thus signals “into verbals” or “as verbals” when referring to multiple word forms that behave like verb-derived elements rather than standard verbs.

In practice, tegusõnalisteks is primarily encountered in linguistic analysis, grammars, and theoretical discussions about morphology and syntax. It helps describe how certain words are analyzed or transformed within a system that distinguishes verb-derived forms (verbal nouns, participles, and related constructions) from other word classes.

See also: tegusõna, tegusõnaline, tegusõnalised.