Kvaliteetsete

Kvaliteetsete is the genitive plural form of the Estonian adjective kvaliteetne, meaning “of quality” or “quality” in reference to multiple items. It is used to modify nouns in the genitive plural, for example kvaliteetsete toodete hind, meaning “the price of quality products.”

In Estonian, adjectives agree with the noun in number and case. The genitive plural form of kvaliteetne is kvaliteetsete, which appears in phrases where the head noun is in genitive plural or where a construction requires a possessive or partitive sense. For instance, kvaliteetsete toodete standardid means “the standards of quality products,” and kvaliteetsete toodete hinnad means “the prices of quality products.”

Etymology: kvaliteet is a loanword in Estonian derived from the word quality, itself from European languages such as English or French. The adjective kvaliteetne developed to express the concept of quality, and its inflected forms, including kvaliteetsete, align with Estonian’s agglutinative grammar system.

Usage notes: Kvaliteetsete is commonly found in business, marketing, procurement, and consumer-language contexts where a plural noun is described in the genitive case. The form is not a standalone lexical item but a grammatical variant used to convey the quality-related attribute of a set of items.

See also: kvaliteet, kvaliteetne, kvaliteetne toode.