sihtasutustel

Sihtasutustel is Estonian and represents the plural adessive form of the noun sihtasutus, meaning foundation. It is a grammatical form used in sentences to refer to multiple foundations in a location- or context-related sense, typically in formal, administrative, or legal texts. As a case form, sihtasutustel does not denote a stand-alone concept; instead, it marks relationship or place, roughly aligned with “on/at the foundations” in English, or, depending on the sentence, a context involving foundations.

Morphology and forms: The base word is sihtasutus (foundation). Its plural nominative is sihtasutused. The genitive plural is sihtasutuste. The allative plural is sihtasutustele. The adessive plural, which is the form sihtasutustel, expresses location or context in a sentence. This kind of inflection is typical for Estonian nouns and allows precise grammatical structuring in complex texts.

Usage: In Estonian, sihtasutustel appears mainly in formal or regulatory language when discussing actions, rights, or responsibilities pertaining to more than one foundation. It helps specify that the statement concerns foundations as a group rather than a single entity. For example, in legislative or reporting contexts, you may encounter sentences that reference the activities or obligations of sihtasutustel.

Context and relation: Sihtasutustel should be distinguished from sihtasutused (nominative plural) which simply names multiple foundations as the subject, and from other case forms such as sihtasutuste (genitive plural) or sihtasutustele (allative plural), which serve different syntactic roles.

See also: sihtasutus, sihtasutused, Estonian grammar.