Aktiveerivad

Aktiveerivad is the third-person plural present tense form of the Estonian verb aktiveerima, meaning to activate. It is used when the subject of the sentence is plural and performs the action of activating something. As a present-tense verb, aktiveerivad denotes an ongoing activation by multiple actors.

Morphology and conjugation: The infinitive of the verb is aktiveerima. In the present tense, the forms include ma aktiveerin, sa aktiveerid, tema aktiveerib, me aktiveerime, te aktiveerite, nad aktiveerivad. The ending -vad signals the 3rd person plural. Other tense forms exist as well, such as aktiveeris (past) and aktiveerib (3rd person singular).

Usage and context: The form appears in a variety of domains, including technology, biology, medicine, and everyday speech. It is common in sentences that describe processes triggered by several agents, mechanisms, or commands. Examples include: Seadmed aktiveerivad süsteemi (The devices activate the system) or Need käsud aktiveerivad turvasüsteemi (These commands activate the security system). The word order in Estonian is relatively flexible due to rich case endings, but the verb form klimatically agrees with a plural subject.

Etymology and related terms: aktiveerima is a loanword derived from the English activate, adapted to Estonian phonology and morphology. Related noun forms include aktiveerimine (activation) and related verbs in other tenses such as aktiveerib (he/she activates) and aktiveeriti (was activated).