Õpilase

Õpilase is the genitive singular form of the Estonian noun õpilane, which refers to a person who studies, typically in a school or university. It is used to indicate possession or association, as in the phrases õpilase raamat (the student’s book) and õpilase arvamus (the student’s opinion).

Declension in singular and plural includes: nominative singular õpilane; genitive singular õpilase; partitive singular õpilast. In plural: nominative plural õpilased; genitive plural õpilaste; partitive plural õpilasi. The genitive singular õpilase is commonly used to connect the student with another noun in a possessive relationship.

In everyday Estonian, õpilane is the basic term for a student, while õpilase serves to express belonging or relation within noun phrases. The word is frequently encountered in educational and youth-related contexts, and it forms part of a broader family of terms related to learning and schooling, such as õpe (learning) and õppima (to study).