röövim

Röövim is a term that may be encountered in Estonian-language text. It is not a standard word in modern Estonian. The act of robbery is ordinarily expressed by röövimine or by the verb röövida. The form röövim is sometimes seen as a nonstandard variant, a misspelling, or a stylistic choice in literary or historical texts, and may occur in regional or older usage where different noun-formation patterns were employed.

Etymology and form: röövim appears to derive from the base rööv (robbery) with a suffix-like ending that resembles other noun formations, but in contemporary Estonian the common noun for the act is röövimine. The standard gerund-like or nominalized form is -imine, not -im, which is why röövim is typically considered nonstandard.

Usage and context: In legal, academic, and formal writing, röövimine is used to denote the act of robbery. Röövim, when found, is usually interpreted as a nonstandard or archaic variant, a misspelling, or a deliberate stylistic choice by an author. Readers may encounter röövim in poetry, older texts, or as a title element where authors intend a particular stylistic effect rather than a precise grammatical form.

See also: rööv, röövimine, röövel, röövida.

Note: For clarity in standard Estonian, use röövimine to refer to the act of robbery and röövida as the verb meaning to rob.