õiglastele

Õiglastele is an Estonian form that can be translated roughly as “to the just ones” or “for the fair ones.” It represents the allative or dative plural form of the adjective-noun phrase õiglased, meaning the just or the fair, and is used to mark a recipient or beneficiary in a sentence.

In standard Estonian, the allative-like form used for recipients or destinations appears with plural subjects as õiglastele in contexts where a group described as just is the target of an action or address. The word thus functions within a sentence to indicate who is being spoken to, given something, or toward whom an action is directed, with the emphasis often placed on justice or fairness as a quality of the group.

As a grammatical form, õiglastele is primarily a tool of inflection rather than a standalone concept. It is most commonly encountered in literary, rhetorical, or formal texts where a group characterized as just is referenced as the recipient or beneficiary of an action. Because Estonian relies on inflection to signal meaning, the form must agree with its accompanying noun in number and case to be grammatically correct.

See also: Estonian grammar, cases, allative case, adjective declension.