kategooriale

Kategooriale is the Estonian allative singular form of the noun kategooria, meaning “to the category” or “toward the category.” The word kategooria refers to a class or group used for sorting, labeling, or organizing items. As a grammatical form, kategooriale marks direction toward a category in sentences that describe assignment, movement, or targeting a category.

In Estonian, the allative case expresses direction toward a location, recipient, or target. It is formed by adding -le to the base form; for kategooria the form is kategooriale. This form is commonly seen in technical or formal contexts such as data labeling, cataloging, and classification tasks.

Usage of kategooriale typically occurs in phrases that describe adding items to a category or directing attention toward a category. For example, a sentence like “Ma lisan selle dokumendi kategooriale” means “I add this document to the category.” The form can also appear in UI labels or documentation that discuss categorization workflows and the movement of items into specific groups.

Etymology traces kategooria to the word category, with influences from European languages. In Estonian, kategooriale is a derived allative form of kategooria, used specifically to indicate direction toward a category within linguistic, library, or data-management contexts.

See also: kategooria, klassifikatsioon, kategoriseerimine, and taasesitused of category-related terminology in Estonian.