leksikaalset

Leksikaalset is an Estonian adjective form meaning lexical, relating to the lexicon, vocabulary, or the study of words. It is used to describe aspects that concern words themselves rather than their grammatical forms or syntactic functions. The base adjective is leksikaalne, and leksikaalset is one of its inflected forms, typically appearing when the adjective modifies a noun in certain cases such as the accusative singular or partitive singular.

In linguistic use, leksikaalne describes phenomena at the level of the vocabulary and word meanings rather than at the level of morphology or syntax. The related nouns and phrases often appear in discussions of lexical semantics, lexicography, or vocabulary studies. Phrases such as leksikaalse tähenduse or leksikaalne tähendus are common when distinguishing a word’s lexical meaning from its grammatical or contextual meaning.

Leksikaalset is contrasted with terms that refer to other linguistic strata, such as grammatikaalline (grammatical) or semantiline (semantic) in broader or more general usage. In Estonian linguistic writing, the term helps to specify that a discussion concerns words, their meanings in the lexicon, or how vocabulary functions within a language system, as opposed to morphosyntactic properties or language use in discourse.

See also: leksikaalne, leksikaalne semantika, sõnavara, leksikograafia.