lahustega

Lahustega is the Estonian comitative form meaning with chemical solutions. It is the plural form of the noun lahus, which refers to a liquid mixture or solution used in laboratory and industrial contexts. The form lahustega expresses accompaniment or involvement of multiple solutions in a process, procedure, or operation.

Usage and meaning

Lahusega and lahustega appear in scientific, technical, and educational texts to indicate that several solutions are involved. For example, Eksperimendis kasutati mitmeid lahuseid; lahustega segamine muutis reaktsiooni kiirust (The experiment used several solutions; mixing with the solutions altered the reaction rate). Protseduur hõlmas lahustega töötlemist eri etappidel (The procedure involved processing with solutions at various stages). Because lahus is a chemical sense, lahustega is not used to refer to abstract “solutions” to problems; that concept is expressed with lahendus/ lahendused.

Morphology

The word lahus (singular: a solution) forms plural lahused (nominative). The comitative case, used to denote accompaniment, adds the suffix -ga to the plural to yield lahustega (with solutions). The singular counterpart is lahusega (with a solution). It is important to distinguish lahus from lahendus, which means a solution in the sense of an answer or solution to a problem; the latter forms its own plural lahendused and comitative lahendustega.

Related terms

Lahuse is the genitive of lahus, and lahust is the partitive form. In non-chemical contexts, terms referring to problem-solving use different roots, such as lahendus and lahendused.

See also

Estonian grammar and vocabulary entries on lahus, lahused, and comitative suffix -ga.