sügavusega

Sügavusega is a form of the Estonian noun sügavus, meaning depth or profundity. It functions as the comitative or instrumental case and can be read as “with depth.” It is used to describe depth as a quality or attribute, and it can refer to literal depth (such as water or distance) as well as figurative depth (meaning, complexity, or seriousness).

Grammatically, sügavus is a common noun, and the comitative form sügavusega is created by attaching the comitative suffix -usega to the stem. This form is inflected for number and commonly appears as an adjunct or predicative element in a sentence. The pronunciation and spelling reflect standard Estonian phonology and vowel harmony rules.

Usage in Estonian is most frequent in literary, descriptive, and academic prose. Sügavusega emphasizes depth as a characteristic rather than merely measuring distance. It can describe physical depths (for example, a lake’s depth) or abstract depths (such as the depth of an argument, a text’s interpretation, or emotional nuance). In practice, it helps convey the sense that depth is a defining feature of whatever is being described.

See also: related forms include sügavus (the base noun), sügav (adjective), and the adverbial form sügavalt. The word is part of a broader set of terms used to express physical and conceptual depth in Estonian.