Kasvatatavad

Kasvatatavad is Estonian participial adjective meaning “that are cultivated or raised.” It describes nouns that are under human cultivation, breeding, or rearing, as opposed to occurring in the wild. The form is derived from the verb kasvatama (to grow, cultivate, rear) with the -atav participle ending, and it normally functions as an attributive modifier that agrees with the noun in number.

In usage, kasvatatavad is common in agriculture, horticulture, forestry, and animal husbandry. It marks populations or organisms maintained through cultivation or care by people. For example: Kasvatatavad taimed on tavaliselt istutatud ja vajavad regulaarset hooldust. Põllumajandusettevõttes kasvatatavad loomad annavad kvaliteetset liha ja piima. In scientific and economic texts, the term helps distinguish cultivated or domesticated groups from wild relatives.

Nuances and related forms: kasvata tavastel sündinud või kasvatatavate kahte külge — kasvatatav refers more generally to something that can be grown, while kasvatatavad explicitly denotes those that are currently being grown or raised. The word commonly appears in plural form to modify plural nouns, such as taimed, loomad, kultivarid, or liikmed.

See also: kasvatus, kasvatama, kasvatatav.