Perioodidesse

Perioodidesse is an Estonian illative plural form of the noun periood, meaning into periods or into stages. It is used when indicating movement toward or placement into multiple time spans, such as divisions in a timeline, phases of a process, or segments of data.

Formation and usage

In Estonian, the plural genitive form of periood is perioodide. To express “into periods,” the illative suffix -sse is added, resulting in perioodide-sse, written as perioodidesse. This form is typically used with verbs that denote division, assignment, or progression, such as jaotama (to divide), paigutama (to place), or liikuma (to move into). The construction communicates that something is being organized or considered within several distinct periods.

Common contexts

Perioodidesse is often found in academic, statistical, or project-management texts. Examples include sentences like: Andmed tuleb perioodidesse jaotada (The data should be divided into periods). Uuring keskendus neljale ajaperioodile, mida analüüsiti perioodidesse jaotatud meetodiga (The study focused on four time periods, analyzed by a method that divided into periods). It emphasizes segmentation of information or activities across multiple time intervals.

Related forms

The base word is periood. Related forms include perioodid (nominative plural) and perioodide (genitive plural). The illative plural form perioodidesse is one of the destination-oriented case forms used in Estonian grammar to express movement into plural periods.

See also

Periood (period), ajaperiood (time period), jaotama (to divide), Estonian grammar on case and numerical agreement.