Nominatiivseid

Nominatiivseid is the partitive plural form of the Estonian adjective nominatiivne, meaning “nominative” or “pertaining to the nominative case.” In Estonian, adjectives agree with the nouns they modify in number and case, and nominatiivseid appears specifically when the modified noun is plural and in the partitive case. This form is mostly seen in linguistic descriptions, dictionaries, or language-learning materials rather than in everyday prose.

Morphology and usage: The base form nominatiivne is used for singular or non-partitive contexts, while the plural nominatiivsed is the nominative plural. When shifting to the partitive case in the plural, the adjective takes the ending -seid, yielding nominatiivseid. The form thus signals both plurality and partitivity, and it is combined with plural nouns in the partitive. For example, in a linguistic example one might encounter the phrase nominatiivseid vorme (“nominative forms” in the partitive plural) or nominatiivseid sõnu (“nominative words” in the partitive plural). In ordinary Estonian discourse, nominatiivseid is uncommon outside grammatical or academic discussion.

See also: In understanding nominatiivseid, it helps to know related concepts such as nominatiiv (the nominative case), nominatiivne (the adjective meaning “nominative”), and broader Estonian case and agreement systems. These concepts explain how adjectives inflect for number and case and how the partitive plural forms are used in descriptive language and linguistic analysis.