sirutamisele

Sirutamisele is an Estonian allative form of the noun sirutamine, which means stretching or the act of extending a limb or the body. The base word sirutamine is derived from the verb sirutama, to stretch. The allative case, marked by the ending -le, indicates direction toward something or the target of an action, and in practice it marks what the action is directed at or what is being emphasized in a sentence.

In usage, sirutamisele appears in contexts such as sports, physical education, physiotherapy, and instructional texts to designate the focus or target of stretching activities. For example, Treeningu ajal pööratakse tähelepanu sirutamisele means that attention is directed toward stretching during the training. Another common construction is liikumised, which keskenduvad sirutamisele, meaning movements that concentrate on stretching.

Relation to other forms: The more general term sirutamine is widely used in everyday speech to refer to stretching as a concept or activity. Sirutamisele, by contrast, is the allative form and tends to appear in formal or written contexts where the grammatical function of “destination” or “focus” must be explicit. The form illustrates how Estonian nouns derived from verbs can take case endings to express direction, purpose, or target of an action within a sentence.