Regionaalsetest

Regionaalsetest is an Estonian inflected form of the adjective regionaalne, meaning regional. In Estonian, adjectives agree with the nouns they modify in number and case; regionaalsetest appears before a plural noun when the phrase is in certain cases, most commonly the partitive or elative. It functions as part of a larger noun phrase rather than as a standalone noun. In English, the meaning is conveyed by the surrounding noun and the context, typically as “from regional” or “regional” in a plural construction.

Morphology and usage: The ending -setest marks a plural form used with adjectives before plural nouns in Estonian. The exact case depends on the syntactic role, so regionaalsetest can appear in phrases such as regionaalsetest andmetest (“from regional data”) or regionaalsetest erinevustest (“regional differences”).

Context: It is encountered mostly in formal writing—academic articles, statistics reports, and government or regional policy documents—where researchers and officials discuss regional aspects or comparisons. The form is dependent on the case of the noun it modifies; the corresponding non-plural form is regionaalne, while the plural adjectival forms include regionaalsed or regionaalsete depending on case.

See also: regionaalne; regionaalsed; Estonian grammar.