tühja

tühja is an Estonian word meaning empty. It is an inflected form of the adjective tühi and is used to describe the absence or lack of content in objects, spaces, or situations. In standard Estonian, tühi has several inflected forms to agree with nouns in number and case, of which tühja is one; it is most commonly found in attributive phrases and in predicative constructions where the noun is not present or when the noun’s form requires an inflected adjective.

Semantically, tühja covers physical emptiness as well as figurative emptiness, such as a void in a discussion or a lack of substance in a claim. It is a core part of everyday Estonian vocabulary and appears in literature, media, and speech.

Etymology: tühja derives from tühi, the basic adjective meaning empty. The form arises through standard Estonian adjective inflection rules and does not constitute a separate lexical item beyond its usage in context.

See also: tühi.