mööblile

Mööblile is the allative form of the Estonian noun møöbel meaning furniture. In Estonian grammar, the allative case signals direction toward a place or object and is formed by adding the suffix -le to the noun base. Thus mööblile literally corresponds to “to furniture” or “toward the furniture” and is used in contexts where furniture is the target of an action or where a phrase denotes placement, allocation, or destination related to furniture. The form is part of the broader system of local cases that express spatial and directional relationships through case endings.

In practice, mööblile is most often encountered in linguistic descriptions, reference grammars, and dictionaries that illustrate Estonian inflection. It is less common in everyday conversation, where speakers typically rely on prepositions and other constructions to express similar ideas. When teaching Estonian, mööblile is used as an example of the allative suffix with a concrete noun, illustrating how case endings modify the noun to indicate direction or destination.

Etymology: mööbel is borrowed from the German Möbel or Dutch meubel; mööblile forms through the regular Estonian allative suffix -le.

See also: Estonian grammar, allative case, mööbel, Estonian noun declension.