Sotsiaalseid

Sotsiaalseid is the partitive plural form of the Estonian adjective sotsiaalne, meaning social. It is used before a noun to express social in contexts where the noun is in the partitive case, or when the quantity is indefinite or non-specific. Like other Estonian adjective forms, sotsiaalseid agrees with the noun it modifies in number and case, and its ending signals the partitive plural.

Common contexts for sotsiaalseid include discussions of social topics, policy, or conditions. Examples include sotsiaalseid küsimusi (social questions/issues), sotsiaalseid probleeme (social problems), and sotsiaalseid reforme (social reforms). The form appears frequently in news writing, academic texts, and everyday speech when referring to social aspects rather than concrete objects.

In Estonian grammar, sotsiaalseid illustrates how adjectives inflect to indicate case and number. It is one of several inflected endings used before plural nouns in the partitive, a case that is often used with negation or when referring to an indefinite quantity. The ability to recognize this form helps in parsing sentences where adjectives precede plural nouns in the partitive.