piinamise

Piinamise is the Estonian genitive form of the noun piinamine, which means torture or the act of torturing. As a grammatical form, piinamise denotes “of torture” or “the torture’s” and is used within phrases and clauses to indicate possession or relation to torture. It is not usually used as a stand-alone lexical item.

Etymology: Piinamine is formed from the verb piinama “to torture” with the nominalizing suffix -mine. The genitive singular of piinamine is piinamise.

Usage: In legal, historical, and human rights texts, piinamise occurs in phrases such as “piinamise ajal” (during torture) or “piinamise ohvrite õigused” (the rights of torture victims). In standard prose, the nominative piinamine tends to denote the act itself, while piinamise appears in genitive constructions to express possession, attribution, or relation to torture.

Legal and historical context: Torture is prohibited under Estonian law and under international law, including the UN Convention Against Torture. The term piinamise appears in formal texts to describe acts or policies of torture, or discussions about victims and prohibition. The word aligns with cognate forms in related Baltic languages, reflecting shared legal and historical terminology.

See also: piinamine, torture, human rights, international law, Estonian language grammar.