Jagunevad

Jagunevad is a term in the Estonian language used to describe a division or separation process in the present tense for third-person plural subjects. It is a verb form that appears when a subject is described as being split into parts, subgroups, or categories. The exact sense of jagunevad depends on the surrounding context and on which verb root it derives from, typically related to the ideas of dividing, distributing, or partitioning.

In linguistic description, jagunevad illustrates how Estonian expresses dynamic division as a grammatical phenomenon. It shows how a plural subject undergoes a change in state that results in multiple parts or subunits. Because Estonian verbs are inflected for number and tense, jagunevad also reflects agreement between the subject and the action of division.

Jagunevad is commonly encountered in domains such as organizational descriptions, data classification, geographic or administrative subdivision, and biological or social analyses where a whole is described as being partitioned into components. As with other Estonian verb forms, its exact form and meaning are determined by the relevant verb root and the syntactic context in which it appears.

See also: Estonian grammar, Verb conjugation, Passive voice.