Tehnilisele

Tehnilisele is the singular allative form of the Estonian adjective tehniline, meaning “technical” or “technological.” It is used when the adjective modifies a noun in the allative case, indicating direction toward or reference to the technical domain. For example, phrases such as tehnilisele sektorile (to the technical sector) or tehnilisele eesmärgile (to the technical objective) illustrate its common usage.

In Estonian, adjectives decline like nouns for case and number. The nominative singular form is tehniline, the genitive singular is tehnilise, and the partitive singular is tehnilist. The allative singular form is tehnilisele, used before a noun in the allative case. The corresponding plural forms follow the same case system, so in allative plural contexts you may encounter forms like tehnilistele, depending on the noun involved.

Semantically, tehniline describes properties, methods, equipment, or concepts related to technology, engineering, or applied science. It is frequent in technical writing, policy language, and academic texts where technology-oriented distinctions are important.

Etymology and relation to related terms: tehniline derives from tehnika, meaning technology or technique, with standard Estonian adjective suffixation. It is closely related to other technology-linked terms such as tehnoloogia (technology) and tehnika (technique).

See also: Estonian grammar, Adjective declension, Allative case, Tehniline (base form), tehnoloogia, tehnika.