Butiikides

Butiikides is an Estonian noun form meaning “in boutiques.” It is the inessive plural form of butiik, which means boutique. Butiikide appears when referring to locations inside multiple boutiques, and butiikides is used to talk about things occurring or existing within those boutiques.

Etymology and formation: The word butiik is a loanword from the French boutique. Estonian forms such loanwords through regular case endings, so butiikide represents the plural genitive (butiikide) and butiikides represents the inessive plural (in the boutiques). This pattern is common for foreign-origin nouns in Estonian.

Usage: In everyday Estonian, butiikides is used to describe actions, states, or appearances within multiple boutiques. For example, “Uus kollektsioon on saadaval butiikides üle linna” means the new collection is available in boutiques around the city. The form is typical in retail, fashion, and tourism contexts where the plural boutique locations are being discussed.

Grammatical notes: Butiikide is the genitive plural form, used to indicate ownership or relation (e.g., “butiikide valik” – the selection of boutiques). Butiikides is the inessive plural, used for location “in boutiques.” Estonian nouns decline by case and number, with loanwords adapting to standard endings.

See also: Estonian language, Estonian noun declension, Estonian loanwords, retail vocabulary in Estonian.

References: General Estonian grammar and dictionaries cover butiik and its inflection, illustrating how loanwords adopt case endings in Estonian.