Tõenduslikku

Tõenduslikku is the partitive form of the Estonian adjective tõenduslik, which describes something that serves as proof, evidence or has probative value. The base word tõenduslik is derived from the noun tõend (proof, evidence) with an adjective-forming suffix and is commonly used in legal, administrative and formal contexts to characterize documents, facts or materials that support a claim.

As a grammatical item, tõenduslikku appears when the adjective is used with a noun in the partitive case or in constructions that require the partitive form. For example: Kohtule esitati tõenduslikku materjali (Evidentiary material was presented to the court). In usage it often collocates with words such as materjal (material), tõend (proof), dokument (document) and teave (information).

In translation the term is typically rendered as evidentiary, probative or documentary, depending on context. Its register is generally formal; in everyday speech speakers might use simpler expressions like tõendavaid materjale or tõendeid. In broader linguistic or philosophical discussion, the concept of something being tõenduslik touches on questions of reliability, admissibility and sufficiency of evidence, though those debates extend beyond the scope of the term itself.