Suhtelisi

Suhtelisi is an inflected Estonian adjective form, the partitive plural of the adjective suhteline, which means "relative" or "comparative." It appears in contexts that require the partitive plural form — for example when describing an indefinite quantity of plural entities, after certain verbs and constructions that govern the partitive, or when expressing incomplete or ongoing aspects of a state.

Morphology and grammar: the base adjective suhteline derives from the noun suhe ("relation, relation‑ship") with the adjectival suffix -line. Its principal forms include suhteline (nominative singular), suhtelise (genitive/partitive singular depending on context), suhtelised (nominative plural) and suhtelisi (partitive plural). Because it is an inflected form rather than a headword, dictionary entries are typically listed under suhteline.

Usage and meaning: suhtelisi is used to qualify plural nouns where the quality of being relative is grammatically foregrounded, for example in phrases that translate as "relative differences" or "relative improvements." In translation it commonly corresponds to English "relative" or "comparative" when applied to plural objects.

Etymology and cognates: the word family traces to Estonian suhe and is cognate with Finnish suhteellinen, sharing a Baltic‑Finnic origin. In practice, searches for the concept are usually made under the lemma suhteline.