Vastuvõetavast

Vastuvõetavast is an inflected form of the Estonian adjective vastuvõetav, which means “acceptable.” In Estonian, adjectives agree with the noun they modify in case and number, and vastuvõetavast appears specifically when the head noun is in the elative case (often translated as “from/ out of” or “of” in English).

Morphology and usage

The elative form ending -st is attached to the adjective to match the elative noun in a phrase. This form is not typically used on its own; it occurs within noun phrases where the noun is in elative. The overall sense conveyed is “from an acceptable [something]” and the precise meaning depends on the noun it modifies (for example, house, condition, situation, etc.). As with other Estonian inflections, the position of the adjective and noun can appear mid-sentence, but agreement in case remains essential.

Examples

Vastuvõetavast majast means “from an acceptable house.” Vastuvõetavast tingimusest translates to “from an acceptable condition.” These constructions illustrate how the elative form of the adjective accompanies a noun in elative case to specify origin or source.

Context

Vastuvõetavast is primarily encountered in formal, legal, or academic Estonian, where precise case marking is important. In everyday speech, speakers are more likely to use the base form with a noun in nominative or other common cases rather than the elative form.

See also

vastuvõetav; Estonian grammar; elative case.