Kirjeldusi

Kirjeldusi is an Estonian grammatical form of the noun kirjeldus, which means description or depiction. It represents the partitive plural, used when referring to an indefinite or partial amount of descriptions, or in contexts governed by the partitive case.

Morphology and forms. The base word is kirjeldus. Its common inflected forms include nominative singular kirjeldus, genitive singular kirjelduse, partitive singular kirjeldust, nominative plural kirjeldused, partitive plural kirjeldusi, and genitive plural kirjelduste. The form kirjeldusi appears specifically as the partitive plural, not as a separate lexical item with its own meaning.

Usage. In standard Estonian, kirjeldusi is used when the object of the sentence is indefinite, a portion of several descriptions, or when the action is described with a partitive object. It occurs in phrases such as mitu kirjeldust (descriptions) in the partitive sense, or more typically mitmeid kirjeldusi (several descriptions) and kõiki kirjeldusi (all descriptions, with partitive marking). It also appears after negation in constructions like ei kirjeldanud kõiki kirjeldusi.

Etymology and context. The form derives from the noun kirjeldus, with typical Estonian noun inflection for the -lus suffix and the partitive plural ending -i. It is primarily a grammatical form rather than a separate semantic concept, and is mainly encountered in linguistic description, grammar references, and formal prose.

See also: kirjeldus, kirjelduste, kirjeldusvormid.