demokraatilise
Demokraatilise is an Estonian grammatical form used to express the sense of “democratic” in phrases where the noun it modifies is in the genitive case. It is the genitive singular form of the adjective meaning democratic (the base form commonly appearing as demokraatiline or demokraatlik). In a phrase such as demokraatilise riigi institutsioonid, the adjective agrees with the genitive noun riigi (of the state).
The form derives from the noun demokraatia (democracy) and the Estonian adjective system. When an adjective
Usage and function: demokraatilise is routinely used in political, legal, historical, and academic writing to describe
Notes: Estonian adjectives decline for case and number, so demokraatilise will appear whenever the noun it