füüsiliste

Füüsiliste is a grammatical form in Estonian, specifically the genitive plural form of the adjective füüsiline, which means physical or tangible. It is not a separate lexical item, but an inflected variant used to modify nouns that are in the genitive plural within a sentence.

Usage and function

The form füüsiliste appears whenever the noun it modifies is in genitive plural, typically in academic, scientific, or descriptive contexts. It links physical attributes or properties to another noun in genitive, for example in phrases such as füüsiliste omaduste kirjeldus (description of physical properties), füüsiliste nähtuste uurimine (the study of physical phenomena), or füüsiliste tunnuste hindamine (assessment of physical traits). The meaning remains close to “of physical …” or “physical …’s,” depending on the surrounding noun.

Common collocations

Füüsiliste is used with nouns that denote properties, measurements, phenomena, or traits related to the physical realm. Examples include omaduste (properties), näitajate (indicators), tunnuste (traits), and võimete (capacities). These collocations are frequent in scientific, engineering, and health-related texts.

Grammatical notes

As with other Estonian adjectives, füüsiline agrees in number and case with the noun it modifies. The nominative plural form is füüsilised, while the genitive plural form is füüsiliste. Because it is an inflected form, füüsiliste cannot stand alone as a dictionary entry; its role is to describe or qualify a noun within a larger phrase.

See also

füüsiline, füüsika, omadused, nähtused, tunnused