Nimisõnaliigilised

Nimisõnaliigilised is an Estonian grammatical term that describes adjectives that can agree with a noun in both number and case, similar to how adjectives typically agree with nouns. This term is not as commonly used as other grammatical distinctions in Estonian linguistics. The concept refers to adjectives that function primarily as modifiers of nouns and participate in the full range of grammatical concord found in the language.

Essentially, nimisõnaliigilised adjectives demonstrate the expected agreement patterns for adjectives in Estonian. This means they change their form to match the noun they modify in terms of singular or plural (number) and in the various cases (nominative, genitive, partitive, etc.). For example, a nimisõnaliigilised adjective would take the correct genitive ending if it modifies a noun in the genitive case.

While all standard descriptive adjectives in Estonian exhibit this characteristic, the term nimisõnaliigilised might be used to differentiate them from other word classes that can sometimes function adjectivally but do not possess the same level of agreement, or to highlight the noun-modifying nature of these adjectives. The term emphasizes the strong link between the adjective and the noun it describes, reinforcing the adjectival function within the grammatical system of Estonian.