Dokumentaalseid
Dokumentaalseid is an Estonian inflected form of the adjective dokumentaalne, meaning documentary. It is the plural partitive form used to describe multiple nouns that are in the partitive case or when referring to an indefinite quantity of items. In practice, dokumentaalseid modifies plural nouns such as filme or materjale in contexts like “dokumentaalseid filme” (documentary films) or “dokumentaalseid materjale” (documentary materials).
Morphology and usage are typical of Estonian adjectives, which decline for number, case and, in the plural,
In common usage, dokumentaalseid appears in media and academic contexts to describe documentary content, including films,
Etymology links dokumentaalne to the international concept of “documentary,” with the Estonian adjective formed from the
See also: dokumentaalfilm, dokumentaalne, film, media, Estonian grammar.