expedient; practical; purposeful; well-suited to its purpose; efficient in serving its aim
Building blocks
otstarve → the noun “purpose, intended use, function” (stem otstarbe-)
-kas → adjective suffix (“having/characterised by”)
So literally otstarbekas means: “having a purpose” → fits its purpose.
How to use it:
Here is how you use the word “otstarbekas” ⬇️
What to remember
When otstarbekas describes an action worth doing, the verb that follows is in the da-infinitive: on otstarbekas + oodata (to wait)
Example
Vahel on otstarbekam oodata kui kiirustada
Literally: “Sometimes is more-expedient to-wait than to-rush”
Idiomatically: “Sometimes it’s wiser to wait than to rush”
Vahel — Adverb - Indeclinable: “sometimes”
on — Verb — 3rd Person Singular, Present Tense: “is”
otstarbekam — Adjective — Comparative (Nominative Singular): “more expedient/wiser”
oodata — Verb — da-infinitive: “to wait”
kui — Conjunction — Indeclinable: “than”
kiirustada — Verb — da-infinitive: “to rush”