Suurepäraseid

Suurepäraseid is the partitive plural form of the Estonian adjective suurepärane, meaning “excellent” or “outstanding.” In Estonian, adjectives agree with the nouns they modify in number and case, and the partitive plural form is used when the direct object is indefinite or not wholly counted, or after verbs that take partitive objects.

The form suurepäraseid typically appears with plural nouns in the partitive case, for example with ideid (ideas), lahendusi (solutions), or võimalusi (possibilities). Examples include: Ma nägin suurepäraseid lahendusi (I saw excellent solutions), Meil on suurepäraseid ideid (We have excellent ideas), Ta pakkus suurepäraseid võimalusi (They offered excellent possibilities). The same adjective can appear in other cases and numbers with different endings, but suurepäraseid specifically marks the plural partitive.

Etymology and status: suur is the basic meaning “big” or “great,” and suurepärane is a compound-style Estonian adjective formed to convey high quality or excellence. The language uses productive suffixes to form various inflected shapes; suurepäraseid is one such form used in context-driven grammatical structures rather than as a stand-alone noun.

Usage notes: The partitive plural is common in descriptions of non-countable quantities or indefinite sets, and with predicates that imply partial or non-total reference. When referring to a definite, specific set, other cases or the nominative plural might be preferred, depending on sentence structure.

See also: Estonian grammar, adjective declension, partitive case.