Tekitajateks

Tekitajateks is a term used in Estonian linguistics to denote the plural usage of tekitaja in contexts that describe agents or causers. The base word tekitaja means “causer, agent” or “maker,” formed from tekitama “to cause” plus a nominal suffix. Tekitajateks is employed when discussing multiple agents performing an action or playing a role in a process.

In linguistic analysis, tekitajateks often appears in discussions of agency, causation, or responsibility, especially in theoretical works, grammar descriptions, and corpus annotations. The term is primarily used in academic writing and is not common in everyday speech.

Usage examples: Sündmuse tekitajateks on mitu tegurit. (The agents of the event are several factors.) Tekitajateks võivad olla nii looduslikud kui inimtekkelised tegurid. (As agents, there may be both natural and human-made factors.)

Variants and related terms: tekitaja (singular agent), tekitajaks (in the role of an agent). The term tekitajateks is relatively specialized and reflects a specific grammatical and semantic use rather than a general conversational expression.

See also: Estonian grammar, tekitaja, essive case, agent nouns.

References: There is no widely used dictionary entry; the term is discussed in Estonian grammar and linguistic texts focused on agency and noun phrases.