looduslikke

Looduslikke is the partitive plural form of the Estonian adjective looduslik, meaning natural or nature-related. In Estonian grammar, adjectives agree with the nouns they modify in number and case. When a plural noun is in the partitive case, the adjective also takes the partitive plural ending, which for looduslik is -ikke, yielding looduslikke. This form is typically used in contexts expressing indefiniteness, partiality, or ongoing processes, or after verbs that require the partitive. Example phrases include looduslikke nähtusi (natural phenomena), vaatleme looduslikke omadusi (we examine natural properties).

Form and usage notes: looduslikke occurs only with plural nouns in the partitive case. The corresponding nominative plural is looduslikud, the genitive singular is loodusliku, and the partitive singular is looduslikku. The word’s base meaning remains “natural,” distinguishing natural characteristics from artificial ones. Its appearance is a normal grammatical inflection rather than a standalone lexical item.

Etymology: looduslikke derives from looduslik (from loodus, nature, with the suffix -lik to form an adjective) and the standard Estonian partitive plural ending -ke.

See also: loodus, loodusteadus, looduskaitse, and other Estonian adjectives describing nature-related concepts.