väikesel

Väikesel is the Estonian adjective väike in the adessive singular form. The word is used to describe the location or state of something that is situated at or on a small object, and it agrees with the noun it modifies in case and number. In usual word order, the adjective precedes the noun.

Usage and examples:

Väikesel laual lebab kauss. (A bowl lies on the small table.)

Väikesel toolil istus laps. (A child sat on the small chair.)

These examples illustrate how väikesel combines with a noun in the adessive to express location, such as “on/at the small X.”

Morphology and related forms:

Väikesel is part of the broader pattern by which Estonian adjectives take the adessive singular suffix, often realized as -sel after phonological adjustments. Other adjectives form their adessive singular similarly (for example, kõrgel from kõrge, suurel from suur). The form varies with the stem and phonology of the adjective, but the basic function remains the same: to indicate location or state relative to a noun.

Notes:

Väikesel is common in descriptive prose, poetry, and everyday language when distinguishing a specific small item within a context. It is one of several inflected forms that help convey precise spatial or attributive meaning in Estonian.