Profiilides

Profiilides is the Estonian inessive plural form of the noun profiil, meaning “in profiles” or “within profiles.” The basic noun profiil refers to a profile, such as a online user profile, a short description of a person or object, or more generally an outline or silhouette. The form profiilides is used when discussing multiple profiles or when indicating that something is located inside profiles.

In practical use, profiilides appears in sentences that describe location or context inside profiles. Examples include: Andmed on profiilides (The data are in the profiles). Erinevad käitumismustrid võivad ilmneda profiilides, kui analüüsitakse kasutajate profiile (Different behavior patterns may appear in profiles when analyzing user profiles). Grammatically, profiilides is the inessive plural form, signaling “in profiles,” while the genitive plural profiilide is used to express possession or to refer to profiles as a set.

Etymology and scope: Profiil is a loanword in Estonian, commonly traced to European sources such as German Profil or French profil, adopted to describe both digital identities and physical outlines. The inflectional endings -ide and -ides reflect standard Estonian noun-declension patterns for genitive plural and inessive plural, respectively.

See also: profiil, profiling, profile pages, data profiles.