Üksikisikute

Üksikisikute is the genitive plural form of the Estonian noun üksikisik, which means an individual person. The base term combines üks (one) and isik (person) and is used primarily in formal, official, or legal language to refer to natural persons as separate units. The genitive plural üksikisikute is used when speaking about things that pertain to or relate to multiple individuals.

In use, üksikisikute is typically found in contexts such as legislation, statistics, or formal documents. It denotes properties, rights, or data that concern a group of individuals. For example, phrases like üksikisikute õigused (the rights of individuals) or üksikisikute kohta koostatud aruanded (reports about individuals) illustrate its function. In everyday language, however, Estonians more often use terms like füüsiline isik (natural person) or inimesed (people). Additionally, in data protection and privacy discussions the standard term is isikuandmed (personal data); istifadə of üksikisikute andmed may appear in older texts or in specific formal contexts.

Relation to other concepts is also important. Üksikisik is distinguished from juridiline isik (a legal person, such as a corporation), where the latter denotes an entity with legal personality separate from its members. The common everyday term for a single person remains inimene; üksikisik emphasizes the status of the person as an individual unit in formal or legal discourse.

Etymology traces to yksik, meaning single, and isik, meaning person, together conveying the notion of an individual person.