poliitilisteks

Poliitilisteks is an Estonian inflected form of the adjective poliitiline, meaning “political.” It is the translative plural form, used to express a change of state into a political role or to designate something as belonging to the political sphere. The form is built from the stem poliitiline with the translative plural suffix -ilisteks, and it agrees with a plural subject in predicative constructions.

In usage, poliitilisteks typically appears in sentences where the predicate describes a transformation or designation related to politics. It commonly follows verbs such as olema (to be) or muutuma (to become), signaling that someone or something has taken on a political character or role. Because the translative case serves to express transition, the form is most often found in formal, academic, or journalistic Estonian.

The form is part of a broader set of Estonian case endings for adjectives, which include other cases and numbers such as poliitiline (nominative singular), poliitilise (genitive or partitive singular depending on context), and poliitilist (partitive singular). The plural translative poliitilisteks is one option for describing plural subjects in a state of becoming or designation as political entities, actors, or categories.

See also: poliitiline (political), Estonian grammar, translative case.