adopteeritava

Adopteeritava is the genitive singular form of the Estonian adjective adopteeritav, which means adoptable or capable of being adopted. The term is commonly used in contexts involving adoption, especially with animals in shelters or other prospective adoptees, but can also describe people or objects that are eligible for adoption.

Form and usage: Adopteeritav is an Estonian adjective formed with the verb stem adopteer- plus the suffix -tav to indicate capacity. Its forms decline like other adjectives: nominative singular adopteeritav, genitive singular adopteeritava, partitive singular adopteeritavat, etc. Adopteeritava specifically functions as the genitive singular form, for example in phrases involving a noun in genitive: adopteeritava looma vanus (“the age of the adoptable animal”) or adopteeritava looma otsimine (“the search for an adoptable animal”).

Examples: Otsime adopteeritavat looma varjupaigast. This means “We are looking for an adoptable animal from the shelter.” Adopteeritava looma vanus on oluline teave varjupaiga andmelehel. This means “The age of the adoptable animal is important information on the shelter’s record.”

Etymology: The adjective is a loanword in Estonian formed from the verb adopteerida (to adopt) with the productive Estonian suffix -tav, which yields the meaning “capable of being adopted.” The genitive singular form adopteeritava follows standard Estonian adjective declension.

See also: adopteerida, adopteeritav (the base meaning and other case forms).