võimsa

Võimsa is an Estonian adjective meaning powerful, mighty, or influential. It is used to describe people, organizations, or things with considerable power or strength, and can modify nouns in both attributive and predicative positions.

In Estonian, võimas is the base form, with võimsa serving as the genitive singular or partitive form before a singular noun, as in võimsa mehe teod (“the deeds of the powerful man”). The word also takes other inflected forms to agree with number and case, such as võimsad for the plural nominative “powerful ones.” The comparative form is võimsam and the superlative is võimsaim, used to compare degrees of power.

Etymology and related forms: võimsa derives from võim, meaning power or authority, with the adjectival suffix -as. Related terms include võimas (the positive form used before a noun in the nominative singular, e.g., võimas mees), and other adjectives describing strength or influence, such as tugev (strong) or vägev (mighty).

Usage and nuance: võimas often conveys a formal or literary tone and is common in descriptive prose, journalism, and rhetoric. It can describe physical strength, political or institutional power, or impressive capability. In everyday speech, speakers may opt for sõnad like tugev or vägev depending on context, but võimas remains a standard and widely understood term.

See also: Võim, võimsus, tugev, vägev.