kollektsiooni

Kollektsiooni is the genitive form of the Estonian noun kollektsioon, meaning “collection.” In standard usage it functions to indicate possession or association with a collection and appears in phrases that describe ownership or relation, such as raamatukogu kollektsiooni (the library’s collection) or muuseumi kollektsiooni (the museum’s collection). It also occurs in curatorial and cataloging language to link items to a larger unit.

Etymology and morphology: Kollektsioon is a loanword from foreign sources, aligned with European terms for collection. The genitive singular form Kollektsiooni is created by adding the -i ending to kollektsioon. The nominative singular is kollektsioon, and the genitive plural is kollektsioonide. These forms are used to construct descriptive phrases in libraries, archives, museums and other collecting institutions.

Usage in institutions: The term is common in museology, library science and archival work. It appears in catalogs, metadata fields, inventory lists and display captions. Typical phrases include kollektsiooni kirjeldus (description of the collection), kollektsiooni koost (collection assembly), and kollektsiooni osad (components of the collection). The form facilitates precise attribution and navigation within a grouped set of objects or works.

Examples and scope: Kollektsiooni can refer to a physical or digital grouping, such as a library’s rare-books kollektsiooni or a digital museum kollektsiooni. It is also used in academic and cultural heritage contexts to discuss the scope, provenance and curation of a collection as a unit.

See also: kollektsioon, museoloogia, arhiiv, raamatukogu, pärand.