sõjalise

Sõjalise is the genitive singular (and a common inflected form) of the Estonian adjective sõjaline, which means "military" or "martial". As an adjective, sõjaline describes things related to armed forces, warfare or defense, and sõjalise is used when the adjective modifies a noun in a case requiring the genitive form (for example in possessive constructions or certain postpositional phrases).

Etymology and formation: sõjaline is derived from the noun sõda ("war") with the adjectival suffix -line, a productive element in Estonian that forms adjectives expressing relation or characteristic. The form sõjalise follows regular Estonian inflection patterns for adjectives.

Usage and contexts: sõjalise appears frequently in compound terms and official language, such as sõjalise operatsiooni (of a military operation), sõjalise kohaloleku (of military presence) or sõjalise jõu (of military force). It is used in journalism, legal and governmental texts, academic writing on security and defence, and everyday speech when referring to matters concerning the armed forces.

Related terms: sõjavägi (army), kaitse (defence), sõjaline jõud (military power). Translation into other languages depends on syntactic role, but sõjalise commonly corresponds to "of the military," "military (genitive)," or "military's" in English.