sisenditeks

Sisenditeks is an Estonian inflected form of the noun sisend, meaning "input". Morphologically it combines the stem sisend- with the plural translative suffix -teks, and is used to indicate that something functions or is regarded "as inputs" or is converted into inputs. The translative case in Estonian generally expresses a change of state, role, or categorization; in this form the emphasis is on multiple items being taken or used in the capacity of inputs.

The term appears frequently in technical, scientific and everyday language where processes, systems or analyses accept a set of items as inputs. For example, in computing and data processing one might write "süsteemi sisenditeks olid sensorite mõõtmised" ("the system's inputs were the sensors' measurements"), or in experimental contexts "katse sisenditeks valiti erinevad proovid" ("various samples were chosen as inputs for the experiment"). Usage is grammatical and idiomatic in constructions indicating purpose, role or transformation.

Related grammatical forms include the singular translative sisendiks and other cases such as sisendit (partitive) and sisendid (plural nominative). English equivalents depend on context and include "as inputs", "to inputs" or "become inputs".