Konkurssidel

Konkurssidel is an Estonian grammatical form meaning “at the competitions” or “in the competitions.” It is the adessive plural form of the noun konkurss, which denotes a competition or contest. The form is used in formal and administrative Estonian to indicate location or context involving multiple contests. The base noun konkurss has several inflected forms in the plural: nominative konkursid, genitive konkursside, adessive konkurssidel. The appearance of ‘konkurssidel’ rather than ‘konkursidel’ reflects the noun’s orthography with double s in the stem.

Formation and usage: Konkurssidel is formed by taking the stem konkurss and adding the adessive plural ending -idel. It is not a separate word with independent meaning beyond the locative plural; its sense is determined entirely by context. In sentences, it typically accompanies verbs of occurrence, participation, or reporting, as in phrases that discuss events that take place at multiple competitions, or references to actions occurring within those contexts.

Contexts and variation: The form is common in sports, music, and academic reporting, where multiple events are discussed. It coexists with other case forms of the same noun, such as konkursside (genitive plural) and konkursid (nominative plural), each serving different syntactic functions. While konkurssidel specifically marks location or context in the plural, other forms convey possession, enumeration, or subject role.

See also: konkurs (competition), konkursside (genitive plural), konkursid (nominative plural).