valikust

Valikust is the elative singular form of the Estonian noun valik, meaning selection or choice. It is used to indicate origin or source, roughly translating to “from the selection” or “out of the options” in English. In Estonian grammar, the elative case answers questions like “where from?” and valikust expresses that something comes from a specified group of items.

In usage, valikust appears in contexts where a person is referring to items, options, or opportunities from a set. It often accompanies verbs such as leida (to find), valida (to choose), or võtta (to take). For example, Valikust leidsin parima toote means “I found the best product from the selection.” Another example is Valikust vali üks variant, roughly “From the selection, choose one variant,” which can occur in instructional or descriptive passages.

Valikust is part of a broader inflection system in Estonian for the noun valik, which has various cases that express different grammatical relations. The elative form valikust is distinct from the nominative valik and other cases like valiku (genitive) and valikut (partitive). Correct use depends on the syntactic role of the noun in a sentence and the associated verb or preposition.

See also: valik, valikud, valikus. These related terms cover the base noun for “selection” and its other grammatical forms and uses.