Strukturaalseid

Strukturaalseid is an Estonian adjective form meaning structural when used with a noun in the partitive case. It is the partitive plural form of the adjective strukturaalne and appears in contexts where the noun it describes is indefinite or not fully specified, or where the grammatical construction requires the partitive case. This form is common in technical and academic writing to describe properties, features, or qualities related to structure.

In usage, strukturaalseid typically accompanies nouns in the partitive plural. Examples include phrases such as strukturaalseid omadusi (structural properties) and strukturaalseid elemente (structural elements). Such phrases are widely found across disciplines like architecture, engineering, linguistics, and materials science, where emphasis is placed on aspects of structure rather than on whole items.

Morphology and related forms: Strukturaalseid is one of several inflected forms of the base word strukturaalne. Other common forms include strukturaalsed, used as the nominative plural, and strukturaalse, used in multiple singular cases such as genitive singular or partitive singular, depending on the noun and sentence structure. The exact ending changes reflect the Estonian system of adjective agreement with case and number.

See also: Estonian grammar, Estonian adjectives and declension, partitive case, linguistic terminology in Estonian.

Note: This article provides a concise overview of the term as it appears in Estonian grammar and discourse.