Nimetatavaid

Nimetatavaid is an Estonian grammatical form used in linguistics to refer to the plural partitive form of nimetatav, an adjective or participial form meaning “nameable” or “able to be named.” In descriptive grammar, nimetatavaid describes objects or concepts that can be designated or named.

Morphology and formation are typical of Estonian participial adjectives. Nimetatav combines the root nimet- (to name) with the suffix -atav (forming “nameable”), and the plural partitive ending -vaid/-avaid signals that the phrase refers to multiple items in a partitive context. Thus nimetatavaid appears in phrases where the noun it modifies is treated in the partitive or in contexts that require indefinite quantity or extent.

Usage and interpretation are primarily encountered in linguistic analysis, educational material, and corpora annotations. The form helps distinguish between things that can be named and those that are unnamed or unnamed in a given discourse. In everyday language, speakers might use more common constructions, while nimetatavaid appears in formal or technical explanations of noun phrases and grammatical agreement.

Examples of usage include references to groups of items that can be designated, such as nimetatavaid esemeid (nameable objects) or in linguistic examples illustrating how adjectives agree with nouns in number and case. The term is not a concept with a standalone definition outside grammar; it functions as a grammatical descriptor within Estonian syntax.

See also: Estonian grammar, nimetus (name/designation), nimeta (to name), nimetakav forms in participles.