uuringus

Uuringus is the inessive singular form of the Estonian noun uuring, which means study or investigation. It is used to denote location or context—specifically that an action or observation takes place within a particular study or within research in general. In everyday and academic Estonian, uuringus signals that data collection, analysis, or findings occurred as part of a study rather than outside of it.

Usage and scope: The word is a grammatical case form that helps locate events in relation to research work. It is commonly found in scientific and scholarly writing, where authors describe methods, results, or responsibilities tied to a specific study. Uuringus can accompany verbs that describe activities such as koguti (collected), analüüsiti (analyzed), or viidi läbi (conducted), among others, to clarify that these actions occurred within the study’s framework.

Grammatical notes: Uuringus is the inessive case form of uuring. Other case forms exist for different roles, such as genitive uuringu, partitive uuringut, and illative uuringusse. The choice of form depends on syntactic function and sentence structure. The term is typically used in neutral, informative prose and is less common in everyday conversation outside formal contexts.

Examples:

- Uuringus koguti andmeid 2021. Translation: Data were collected in the study in 2021.

- Analuusid näitasid tulemusi uuringus. Translation: The analyses showed results in the study.

See also: uuring (study, research) as the base noun and related grammatical forms for Estonian noun declension within academic writing.