Deklaratiivsetest

Deklaratiivsetest is an Estonian grammatical form, specifically the partitive plural inflection of the adjective deklaratiivne, meaning declarative. It appears in phrases describing groups or sets of nouns that are in the partitive plural and are described as being declarative. In practice, deklaratiivsetest modifies a following plural noun such as lausetest (declarative sentences), yielding phrases like deklaratiivsetest lausetest to refer to declarative sentences as a class or subset. The form is used in descriptive grammar and linguistic descriptions to talk about data, samples, or texts consisting of declarative sentences.

In Estonian, adjectives agree with the nouns they modify in number and case. The partitive plural form deklaratiivsetest is used when the noun is in the partitive plural, which commonly occurs when speaking of an indefinite quantity or portion of a larger set. For example, one might say that a study is based on deklaratiivsetest lausetest saadud andmetel, meaning data obtained from declarative sentences. This construction helps distinguish declarative sentences from other sentence types (such as interrogative or imperative) within linguistic analysis.

Relation to the broader category: deklaratiivne refers to a sentence that states a fact or assertion, as opposed to questions or commands. Deklaratiivsetest therefore functions as a grammatical descriptor within nominal phrases and is not a separate syntactic mood or verb form. It is primarily encountered in academic or analytical writing about Estonian grammar and sentence types.

See also: deklaratiivne lause (declarative sentence), lausetüüp (sentence type), Estonian grammar terminology.