kohaliku

Kohaliku is the genitive singular form of the Estonian adjective kohalik, meaning local. It is used to indicate locality or association in noun phrases and appears before a noun in contexts such as possession, belonging, or characteristic reference.

In practice, kohaliku is commonly found in governmental, civic, and social language. Examples include kohaliku omavalitsuse (of the local municipality), kohaliku kogukonna liikmed (members of the local community), kohaliku arengu (local development), and kohaliku elu (local life). These phrases convey that the referenced noun is tied to a particular locality.

Grammatical notes: kohaliku functions as the attributive form that accompanies a following noun in a way typical for Estonian adjectives. It agrees with the noun it modifies in case, usually appearing in genitive or other cases depending on the grammatical construction of the noun phrase. The root word kohalik means “local,” and kohaliku is simply one inflected form used in specific syntactic contexts.

See also: kohalik, which is the base adjective meaning local. The form kohaliku is primarily a grammatical inflection rather than a separate lexical entry, and it is encountered in written and formal Estonian when describing locality-related relationships.