haigustes

Haigustes is an Estonian grammatical form meaning “in diseases.” It is the inessive plural form of haigus, a noun that means disease. In Estonian, the inessive case expresses location or context, and the plural suffix marks reference to multiple diseases or to diseases as a general topic. As a case form, haigustes is not a separate lexical item with its own meaning outside the sentence structure.

In medical and scientific texts, haigustes is used to discuss phenomena that occur within diseases. For example, the phrase haigustes esinevad sümptomid translates to symptoms that appear in various diseases. Another common construction is haigustes esinevaid tüsistusi, meaning complications observed within diseases.

Etymology and form: haigus serves as the base noun, and the form haigustes is produced by adding the plural suffix and the inessive ending. This illustrates how Estonian uses case endings to convey grammatical meaning rather than fixed prepositional phrases.

Related forms and usage notes: other inflected forms of haigus include haigused (nominative plural) and haiguste (genitive plural). The inessive form haigustes is typically used in formal or technical writing to frame content within the domain of diseases.

See also: Estonian language, Estonian grammar, medical terminology in Estonian. Because haigustes is a grammatical form rather than a standalone technical term, its meaning depends on context and the accompanying nouns.