loomulikuks

Loomulikuks is the translative form of the Estonian adjective loomulik, meaning natural. In Estonian grammar, the translative case marks a change of state or becoming into a certain quality. Loomulikuks is used after verbs of becoming, such as muutuma “to become” or saama “to get,” to express that something has changed into a natural state.

The form is created by adding the translative suffix -uks to the stem loomulik, with the usual Estonian vowel harmony. Thus loomulik becomes loomulikuks in contexts of turning into something natural. It is primarily used in combination with verbs of becoming and is not typically used as a bare predicate adjective without such a verb.

Examples include:

- Ta muutus loomulikuks. (He/She became natural.)

- See muutus loomulikuks osaks meie elust. (This became a natural part of our life.)

- Kui harjutad, muutub see loomulikuks. (If you practice, it becomes natural.)

Related concepts include loomulikkus, meaning naturalness, a noun form used in philosophical or aesthetic discussions to denote the quality of being natural. Loomulikuks thus functions as a grammatical tool to express the process of turning into a natural state within Estonian sentence structure.