Näitustest

Näitustest is the elative plural form of the Estonian noun näitus (exhibition). It denotes origin from or out of multiple exhibitions and is used when referring to information, materials, or phenomena that originate from more than one exhibition. The form appears mainly in formal or academic writing, such as museum catalogs, research summaries, or exhibition reports, and is less common in everyday speech unless discussing data gathered from several exhibitions.

Morphology and usage: In Estonian, the nominative plural of näitus is näitused. To form the elative plural, the genitive plural stem näituste takes the elative plural suffix -test, yielding näitustest. Thus näitustest conveys “from exhibitions.” It is typically used with nouns that indicate sources or collections, for example näitustest pärinevad andmed (data derived from exhibitions) or näitustest koostatud loend (a list compiled from exhibitions). The elative plural form helps distinguish information or items tied to multiple exhibitions from those tied to a single exhibition (näitusest).

Examples: Näitustest pärinevad andmed näitavad, et külastajad hindasid uued näitused kõrgelt. Translation: Data from exhibitions show that visitors rated the new exhibitions highly. Näitustest koostatud kataloog aitab külastajatel leida sobivaid näiteid. Translation: A catalog compiled from exhibitions helps visitors find suitable examples.

See also: näitus, elatiiv, Estonian noun cases.