õiglasusesse

Õiglasusesse is an illative form in Estonian meaning “into righteousness” or “into justice.” It denotes movement toward or entry into a state of justice, fairness, or moral rectitude. The illative case in Estonian expresses direction, so this form is used when describing a transition into a particular ethical or normative condition.

The base of the word can be traced to concepts related to justice and righteousness. It is commonly thought to derive from the noun õigus or its related form õiguslus/õiglusus, with the illative suffix -esse used to signal inward movement toward that state. Because Estonian nouns can have slightly different stems in lexical variation, you may encounter closely related forms depending on the exact base word being referenced.

Use and register: õiglasusesse is typically found in more formal or archaic, religious, or philosophical contexts rather than in everyday contemporary speech. It may appear in translations of religious texts, sermons, moral philosophy writings, or poetry that aims to evoke a sense of ethical striving or transformative process.

Related terms include õigus (law, right, justice) and õiglus/õiglasus (justice, righteousness). These words anchor debates about fairness, moral order, and the ethical aim of human conduct within Estonian discourse. The illative form õiglasusesse thus functions as a linguistic tool to articulate a movement toward an ideal state of justice or righteousness, rather than a simple statement of current conditions.