saabumiste

Saabumine is an Estonian noun meaning the act of arriving or arrival, especially in the context of people, ships, trains or aircraft. The form saabumiste is the genitive plural of saabumine, used when referring to “of the arrivals” or in expressions such as saabumiste ajad (arrival times) or saabumiste statistika (statistics of arrivals).

The word saabumine is formed from the verb saabuma, meaning to arrive or to occur. It belongs to the class of deverbal nouns created with the suffix -mine. Its plural nominative form is saabumised, while saabumiste is the genitive plural, used in noun phrases that denote possession or relation to the arrivals.

In usage, saabumine appears in travel, transportation and event contexts. It is common in timetables, logs and reports to refer to the moment or process of arrival. Phrases like lennujaama saabumised (the airport’s arrivals) or saabumiste ajad (arrivals times) are typical. The genitive plural saabumiste is found in constructions such as saabumiste statistika or koostatud saabumiste nimekiri, where it governs a related noun to describe data or lists concerning arrivals.

Because saabumine is a general term for arriving, saabumiste may be encountered in formal or technical writing, administrative documents and transport industry discourse. It serves as a precise linguistic tool to discuss multiple arrivals as a collective concept within Estonian usage.