mõjuritele

Mõjuritele is an Estonian grammatical form derived from the noun mõjur. It represents the dative (also described as allative in some analyses) plural ending, used to indicate the indirect object or direction toward multiple sorcerers or practitioners of magic. In standard grammar, the base form is mõjur, the plural nominative is mõjurid, the genitive plural is mõjurite, and the dative/allative plural is mõjuritele.

In Estonian usage, mõjur can refer to a person who uses magic or influence, often within folklore or literary contexts. The form mõjuritele appears in texts when the action is directed toward such individuals, for example in phrases meaning “to the sorcerers” or “for the sorcerers,” depending on the sentence structure and case requirements.

The ending -itele marks the allative/dative plural, distinguishing it from the genitive plural -ite. The distinction between these forms is grammatical and relates to the syntactic role of the noun in a sentence rather than to a shift in meaning of mõjur itself. The word is more likely to be encountered in older texts, folklore collections, or stylistic passages that reference magical practitioners.

See also: Estonian grammar, Estonian noun declension, folklore terminology, magic in Estonian literature.