Morfoloogilistest

Morfoloogilistest is the elative plural form of the Estonian adjective morfoloogiline, meaning morphological. It is used to describe nouns that are in the elative plural case, and it illustrates how Estonian adjectives agree with the noun in number and case.

In Estonian, adjectives are declined to match the case and number of the nouns they modify. The elative plural form of adjectives typically ends with -listest, so morfoloogiline becomes morfoloogilistest when describing plural nouns in the elative case. This form commonly appears in academic and scientific writing when referring to properties, characteristics, or aspects that are derived from or related to morphology.

Usage examples can occur in linguistic analyses or descriptive grammars. For instance, a phrase like morfoloogilistest omadustest would translate roughly to “from the morphological properties” or “of the morphological properties,” depending on the sentence structure. The exact meaning is determined by the surrounding construction, but the form signals that both the adjective and its noun are in the elative plural.

Relation to broader topics: morfoloogiline relates to morphology, the study of word formation and structure in languages. The specific form morfoloogilistest is one of many inflected variants used to express case, number, and agreement in Estonian adjectives.

See also: Estonian grammar, Estonian morphology, adjective declension, elative case.