Esitatavaks

Esitatavaks is an Estonian grammatical form derived from the verb esitama, meaning to present or submit. It functions as a present passive participle form that signals an intention or requirement: something that is to be presented or submitted. In bureaucratic and formal language, esitatavaks is used to indicate that an item is destined for submission to an authority or for inclusion as a submission in a process.

Usage of esitatavaks is common in administrative, legal, and academic texts. It modifies nouns or appears in predicative constructions to convey the sense of “for submission” or “to be submitted.” Typical collocations include esitatavaks komisjonile (to be submitted to the committee) and esitatavaks dokumendiks (to be submitted as a document). The form helps clarify the stage of a procedure and the intended recipient of the submission.

Morphology and function: esitatavaks is a specific inflected form of the present passive participle esitatav, which comes from esitama, used with a suffix that marks purpose or destination. It is not a standalone verb; rather, it is a participial adjective describing the item or action related to submission.

Examples:

- Kavand on esitatavaks komisjonile. (The proposal is to be submitted to the committee.)

- Kõik dokumendid peavad olema esitatavaks hiljemalt 15. märtsiks. (All documents must be submitted by March 15.)

- Esitatavaks olev dokument peab sisaldama allkirju. (The document to be submitted must include signatures.)

See also: esitatav, esitama.