Tööristade

Tööristade is not a recognized Estonian word in standard dictionaries. It is generally considered a common misspelling of tööriistade, the genitive plural of tööriist (tool). In standard Estonian, tööriistade is used to denote possession or a relationship between tools and another noun, for example in phrases like “tööriistade kasti” (the box of tools) or “tööriistade kvaliteet” (the quality of tools).

Orthography and origin

The erroneous form tööristade or tööristade can arise from typographical errors, rapid typing, or confusion with similar-looking letter combinations. The correct stem is tööriist- with the genitive plural suffix -ade, yielding tööriistade. Because tööristade does not reflect a real lexical item, it is usually corrected in edited text or formal writing.

Usage and recognition

Tööristade has limited acceptance and is typically treated as a mistake in formal contexts. It may appear in informal writing, OCR scans, or language-learning errors. Readers encountering tööristade should consider it equivalent to a misspelling of tööriistade and understand the intended meaning from context.

Correct usage

When referring to multiple tools or to a partitive/genitive relationship with tools, use tööriistade. Examples:

- Ma panin tööriistade kasti. (I put the tools in the box.)

- Tööriistade kvaliteet on oluline. (The quality of the tools is important.)

- Vajame tööriistade komplekti remondiks. (We need a set of tools for the repair.)

See also

Tööriist, tööriistade, Estonian possessive/genitive constructions.