Põhinevatest

Põhinevatest is an Estonian grammatical term referring to the genitive plural form of the present active participle born from the verb põhinema, meaning to base on or to be based on. The participle expresses a basis or source in a noun phrase and is used to indicate that a statement, conclusion, or other content rests on particular information, data, or evidence. In practice, põhinevatest marks a set of sources considered as the basis for something.

In usage, this form appears mainly in formal written Estonian, such as academic, legal, or policy texts. It is commonly found in constructions that specify the origin of a claim or conclusion, for example in phrases like põhinevatest tõenditest or põhinevatest andmetest, which translate roughly to “from the evidence/data on which it is based.” The genitive plural signals multiple bases or sources being referred to.

The form can be contrasted with related participial forms derived from põhinema, such as the base adjective põhinev (present active participle) and the past participle põhinenud (based on). The particular variant põhinevatest functions specifically to modify a following noun in contexts where multiple sources or grounds are being cited.

Examples include: Põhinevatest tõenditest lähtuvad järeldused on usaldusväärsed. (The conclusions based on the evidence on which they are based are reliable.) Autor viitas põhinevatest tõenditest koostatud aruannetele. (The author cited reports compiled from the evidence on which they are based.)

See also: põhinema, põhinev, põhinev (based), põhinevate (related inflections).