Pruunide

Pruunide is the genitive plural form of the Estonian color adjective pruun, meaning brown. In Estonian, adjectives agree with the nouns they modify in number and case. The genitive plural form pruunide is used when the noun it describes is in the genitive case, typically in phrases that refer to multiple brown items or describe a group by color.

In terms of grammar, adjectives like pruun take distinct endings to reflect singular or plural and various cases. The genitive plural ending for this class of adjectives is -ide, yielding pruunide. This form appears in descriptive contexts where another noun is in the genitive case, creating phrases that specify color for a broader or possession-related relation.

Usage examples illustrate how pruunide functions within noun phrases. For instance, pruunide karvade muster can be translated as “the pattern of brown fur,” where karvade is the genitive plural of fur, and pruunide marks the color as belonging to that group. Another example is pruunide lehtede servad, meaning “the edges of brown leaves,” with lehtede as the genitive plural of leaves. Such constructions are common in natural descriptions, botanical or zoological writing, and product or design descriptions that reference color groups.

See also: Estonian color vocabulary, Estonian grammar, adjective declension in Estonian.