Staatilisteks

Staatilisteks is a translative plural form of the Estonian adjective staatiline. In Estonian grammar, translatiiv marks a change of state or the designation of something as something else. Therefore, staatilisteks is used with plural nouns to express “into state X” or “as X” for a plural noun phrase.

The form is part of the standard adjective declension system in Estonian. The base form is staatiline for singular and staatilised for plural in the nominative. In the translative, the plural becomes staatilisteks, used with plural nouns to denote a transformation or designation. For example, with the plural noun andmed (data), the phrase muutusid staatilisteks andmeteks means “they became statistical data” or “they were designated as statistical data.”

Common contexts for staatilisteks include formal or academic writing, especially when describing classifications, transformations, or categorizations of plural entities. It often appears with data-related terms (andmed, andmete klassifikatsioon), but can also occur with other plural noun phrases where a change of state is described.

Notes and alternatives: staatiline can also have senses related to statistics or statistics-related terminology in Estonian, so stato-linguistic usage should be guided by the surrounding nouns. As with other translativ forms, staatilisteks is most natural in contexts that describe a transition into a new plural state or role.

See also: Estonian grammar, translatiiv, adjectives, noun phrases.