lühiajase

Lühiajase is the genitive singular form of the Estonian adjective lühiajaline, meaning short-term or temporary. It describes things that occur or exist for a brief period, rather than over a long duration.

Origin and grammar: Lühiajaline is formed from lühiaeg, meaning a short time, with the suffix -line to create an adjective meaning characterized by short duration. The form lühiajase appears in the genitive singular, used when the adjective modifies a noun in the genitive or appears in phrases that require that case.

Usage: The term is commonly used to characterize timeframes, plans, forecasts, or agreements described as short-term. It can modify nouns in contexts such as lühiajase perioodi või kestusega projekti, indicating brevity of duration. In practice, lühiajase is often contrasted with long-term or permanent terms, and may be used interchangeably with ajutine in some contexts, though ajutine more strongly emphasizes temporary status rather than duration.

See also: lühiajaline, ajutine, lühiaeg. These related terms cover short duration and temporary states in Estonian and are commonly compared in discussions of time-related descriptors.