Juurdekuuluvaid

Juurdekuuluvaid is the Estonian plural partitive form of the adjective juurdekuuluv. It describes items that belong to or are attached to a broader object or system. In technical and descriptive texts it is used to enumerate components, accessories, or appendages associated with the main entity. The form itself does not refer to a specific concept outside grammar; its meaning derives from the base adjective juurdekuuluv, meaning belonging to or attached to.

Etymology and roots: juurdekuuluv is built from the preposition juurde meaning toward or onto, and the adjective kuuluv (from the participial form of kuulum a, to belong). In Estonian, such participial adjectives convey a state of belonging or being part of something. The plural partitive form juurdekuuluvaid is used with plural nouns in the partitive case.

Morphology and syntax: The form juurdekuuluvaid is used to modify a plural noun in the partitive case. For example, juurdekuuluvaid komponente can be understood as components that belong to or are attached to the main system. It is typically employed in lists or descriptions that designate parts considered as elements of a whole rather than independent items.

Usage notes: The term is more common in technical, legal, architectural, or scientific writing than in everyday Estonian. It may appear in noun phrases such as juurdekuuluvaid lisandeid, juurdekuuluvaid osi, or juurdekuuluvaid komponente. The adjective agrees with the noun in number (plural) and case (partitive).

See also: Estonian grammar, Partitive case, Participles.