Paisutatavate

Paisutatavate is a grammatical form in Estonian that functions primarily as the genitive plural of the adjective paisutatav, meaning inflatable or expandable. The root paisutada comes from a verb meaning to inflate or puff up, and the suffix -atav forms a present participle-like adjective indicating capability. When used in phrases with nouns, paisutatavate appears in the genitive plural to modify those nouns.

In practice, paisutatavate is encountered in contexts describing groups of items that can be inflated or expanded. Since Estonian adjectives agree with the nouns they modify, paisutatavate is used to describe plural nouns in the genitive case, for example in phrases like paisutatavate mänguasjade hind (the price of inflatable toys) or paisutatavate esemeid puudutav teave (information concerning inflatable objects).

Etymology and form: paisutatav is formed from the verb paisutada plus the suffix -atav to yield “inflatable.” The form paisutatavate represents the genitive plural of that adjective, signaling a relationship to a plural noun elsewhere in the sentence.

Usage notes: Paisutatavate is more common in technical or descriptive writing. In everyday speech, speakers may prefer using the noun-adjective construction with explicit articles or switch to plural nominative forms such as paisutatavad mänguasjad (inflatable toys) or simpler descriptors like õhupõhised or kergesti täidetavad, depending on nuance.

See also: Estonian grammar, adjectives, participles, Estonian morphology.

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