kaugusele

Kaugusele is an Estonian noun form derived from kaugus, which means distance. It functions as the allative singular form and is used to express direction toward a distance or toward something perceived as distant. In practice, it appears in contexts involving movement toward or orientation toward a distant point, and can be found in more formal or literary language as well as in grammatical descriptions of Estonian case endings.

Formation and forms: The allative is a case used to mark direction toward something. For kaugus, the singular allative form is kaugusele, while the plural form is kaugustele. The base noun kaugus yields different case endings through standard Estonian inflection rules, with genitive kauguse and other forms occurring in different syntactic contexts.

Usage notes: Kaugusele is relatively rare in everyday conversation and is mostly encountered in written language, poetry, or language-grammar explanations. It is primarily discussed in the study of Estonian case systems and is not a common everyday substitute for more common ways of expressing distance or direction.

See also:

- Estonian grammar

- Allative case

- Kaugus (distance)