Kasutatavate

Kasutatavate is an Estonian grammatical form derived from the adjective kasutatav, meaning usable or to be used. It is not a standalone noun, but a participial adjective form used to describe nouns in phrases that refer to items intended for use.

In Estonian, adjectives agree with the nouns they modify in number and case. Kasutatavate denotes the genitive plural form of kasutatav and is commonly found in technical, administrative, or data-handling contexts. It appears before a noun in the genitive plural, for example in phrases like kasutatavate dokumentide loend, meaning “the list of documents to be used,” or kasutatavate andmete kogumine, meaning “the collection of data to be used.”

Usage and meaning: kasutatavate conveys that the listed or described objects are designated for use or are capable of being used in a given context. It can denote future or intended usage, rather than current state, and is frequently encountered in documentation, procurement, research, and data-management texts.

Examples (illustrative, not exhaustive): kasutatavate dokumentide loend (the list of documents to be used), kasutatavate andmete piirangud (limits on data to be used), kasutatavate süsteemide arendus (development of systems to be used). The form helps create precise phrases without changing the underlying noun, reflecting Estonian’s rich inflectional system.

Overall, kasutatavate functions as a descriptive grammatical tool to mark items that are designated for use, functioning as the genitive plural form of kasutatav in standard Estonian.