Kvalitatiivsele

Kvalitatiivsele is a grammatical form in the Estonian language. It is the allative singular form of the adjective kvalitatiivne, which means qualitative. In Estonian, adjectives decline to agree with the noun they modify, and the allative case signals direction or destination, often translated as "to" or "toward" in English contexts.

Morphology and usage

The base form kvalitatiivne appears in the nominative singular as the standard adjective meaning qualitative. When the adjective modifies a noun in the allative case, the form changes to kvalitatiivsele. This form is used together with a noun in the allative to express “to the qualitative …” or to indicate a directional or recipient sense tied to the noun. Other related forms include kvalitatiivse (genitive singular) and kvalitatiivset (partitive singular), reflecting the broader Estonian system of adjective agreement across cases.

Examples

- kvalitatiivsele vastusele = to a qualitative answer

- kvalitatiivsele hinnangule = to a qualitative assessment

In practice, kvalitatiivsele is most likely to appear in linguistic, analytical, or technical writing where precise grammatical case marking is important. It is not a word used independently outside of a noun phrase and is typically part of a larger syntactic structure describing a noun in the allative.

See also

Estonian grammar, adjective agreement, allative case, Estonian noun–adjective inflection.

Notes

Because kvalitatiivsele is a case-inflected form, its exact function depends on the governing noun and the broader sentence structure. The term is primarily of interest to learners and scholars studying Estonian morphology and syntax.